Title The battle for paradise : Puerto Rico takes on the disaster capitalists / Naomi Klein.

Publication Info.	Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2018.
	©2018

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Description	xi, 81 pages ; 21 cm
Contents	Solar oasis -- Invasion of the Puertopians -- Island weary of outside experiments -- "Welcome to magic land" -- Shock-after-shock-after-shock doctrine -- Desperation, distraction, despair, and disappearance -- Islands of sovereignty converge -- Race against time.
Summary	"In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a just recovery."--Page [4] of cover.
Subject	Emergency management -- Puerto Rico.
	Puerto Rico -- Politics and government.
	Puerto Rico -- Economic conditions.
	Hurricanes -- Puerto Rico.
	Disaster relief -- Puerto Rico.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
	Neoliberalism.
	Capitalism.
	Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
	Disaster relief. (OCoLC)fst00894731
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Emergency management. (OCoLC)fst00908500
	Hurricanes. (OCoLC)fst00964360
	Neoliberalism. (OCoLC)fst01737382
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Puerto Rico. (OCoLC)fst01205432
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	2009-2017
ISBN	1608465861 (hardcover)
	9781608465866 (hardcover)
	9781608463572 (paperback)
	1608463575 (paperback)

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