Bibliograph

Against security, how we go wrong at airports, subways, and other sites of ambiguous danger, Harvey Molotch

Type

Label

Against security, how we go wrong at airports, subways, and other sites of ambiguous danger, Harvey Molotch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Against security

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

786002484

Responsibility statement

Harvey Molotch

Sub title

how we go wrong at airports, subways, and other sites of ambiguous danger

Table Of Contents

Introduction : colors of security -- Bare life : restroom anxiety and the urge for control -- Below the subway : taking care day in and day out -- Wrong-way flights : pushing humans away -- Forting up the skyline : rebuilding at ground zero -- Facing Katrina : illusions of levee and compulsion to build -- Conclusion : radical ambiguity and the default to decency

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