Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143122166ISBN-10:143122169UPC:9780143122166Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Regional Studies, Sociology, AsiaBook Topic:Urban, SouthSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC5852XB4K
Morning Edition cohost Steve Inskeep presents a riveting account of a single harrowing day in December 2009 that sheds light on the constant tensions in Karachi, Pakistan--when a bomb blast ripped through a Shia religious procession, followed by the torching of hundreds of businesses in Karachi's commercial district. Through interviews with a broad cross section of Karachi residents, Inskeep peels back the layers of that terrible day. It is the beginning, and a constant touchstone, in a journey across the city's epic history and its troubled present Thrilling and deeply researched, Instant City tells the story of one of the world's fastest-growing metropolises and the forces competing to shape its future.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143122166ISBN-10:143122169UPC:9780143122166Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Regional Studies, Sociology, AsiaBook Topic:Urban, SouthSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC5852XB4K
STEVE INSKEEP is a co-host of Morning Edition, the most widely heard radio news program in the United States. After the September 11 attacks, he covered the war in Afghanistan, the hunt for al-Qaeda suspects in Pakistan, and the war in Iraq. He won a National Headliner Award for investigating a military raid that went wrong in Afghanistan; the Robert F. Kennedy journalism award for "The Price of African Oil," about conflict in Nigeria; and shared an Alfred I. Dupont award for The York Project, a groundbreaking series of conversations on race in America. This is his first book.
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