At its core, New York City is about survival.
—Anna Maria Bounds
Latest Book
Urban Preppers and the Pandemic in New York City
Class, Resilience & Sheltering in Place
Drawing on urban and community resilience literature, Urban Preppers and the Pandemic in New York City: Class, Resilience and Sheltering in Place offers a detailed qualitative analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on New York City and on the philosophy and practices of the city’s urban prepper subculture. Read More
Also by Anna Maria Bounds
Bracing for the Apocalypse
An Ethnographic Study of New York's ‘Prepper’ Subculture
Increasing American fear about terrorism, environmental catastrophes, pandemics, and economic crises has fueled interest in "prepping": confronting disaster by mastering survivalist skills. This trend of self-reliance is not merely evidence of the American belief in the power of the individual; rather, this pragmatic shift away from expecting government aid during a disaster reflects a weakened belief in the bond between government and its citizens during a time of crisis. Read More
Praise for Books by Author Anna Maria Bounds
“Anna Maria Bounds’s account of the culture, work and context of the New York Prepper subculture offers a fascinating, often hilarious reversal of stereotypes about the tribe of doomsday preppers in the city. ”
– Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University