American Ground - 9780865476752
Un libro in lingua di William Langewiesche edito da North Point Pr, 2003
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Selected as one of the best books of 2002 by The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Sun-Times
Within days after September 11, 2001, William Langewiesche had secured unique, unrestricted, round-the-clock access to the World Trade Center site. American Ground is a tour of this intense, ephemeral world and those who improvised the recovery effort day by day, and in the process reinvented themselves, discovering unknown strengths and weaknesses. In all of its aspects--emotionalism, impulsiveness, opportunism, territoriality, resourcefulness, and fundamental, cacophonous democracy--Langewiesche reveals the unbuilding to be uniquely American and oddly inspiring, a portrait of resilience and ingenuity in the face of disaster.
Within days after September 11, 2001, William Langewiesche had secured unique, unrestricted, round-the-clock access to the World Trade Center site. American Ground is a tour of this intense, ephemeral world and those who improvised the recovery effort day by day, and in the process reinvented themselves, discovering unknown strengths and weaknesses. In all of its aspects--emotionalism, impulsiveness, opportunism, territoriality, resourcefulness, and fundamental, cacophonous democracy--Langewiesche reveals the unbuilding to be uniquely American and oddly inspiring, a portrait of resilience and ingenuity in the face of disaster.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: American Ground
- Sottotitolo: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
- Lingua: English
- Autore: William Langewiesche
- Editore: North Point Pr
- Collana: North Point Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Settembre '03
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Wrecking New York (State) New York Incident command systems New York (State) New York
- Pagine: 240
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 133 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0865476756
- EAN-13: 9780865476752