- About the Lecture
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About the Lecture
Kevin Rozario uses the two most devastating urban catastrophes in American history, the Chicago fire of 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, to explore how extraordinary recovery from sudden ruination can be both compelling and inspiring. He discusses industrialization and cultural responses to disaster, with analysis of narrative accounts of disaster as well as performative accounts that have served to reassure Americans that new and improved urban environments can come of disaster. He further explores how the "mass consumer culture" of America has shaped American responses to events of September 11th.Related Videos
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- About the Speaker
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About the Speaker
Kevin Rozario
Assistant Professor in the American Studies program at Smith College
Kevin Rozario is Assistant Professor in the American Studies program at Smith College. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale University, and has previously taught at Oberlin and Wellesley colleges. This year, with the benefit of an NEH fellowship, he is working on a book entitled Nature's Evil Dreams: Disaster and the Making of Modern America. He recently published an essay "What Comes Down Must Go Up: Why Disasters have Been Good for American Capitalism" in Steven Biel, ed. American Disasters (New York University Press, 2002).
- About the Host
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About the Host
MIT Joint Program in City Design and Development
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Spectacular Reconstructions: Ways of Seeing and the Politics of Recovery in American Urban Disasters
- Kevin Rozario
- March 4, 2002
- Running Time: 01:21:58
