Catastrophe & Culture

Author	: Susanna Hoffman
Publisher	: James Currey
Total Pages	: 312
Release	: 2002-01-01
ISBN-10	: 0852559259
ISBN-13	: 9780852559253
Rating	: 4/5 (59 Downloads)

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Using a variety of natural and technological events this volume explores the potentials of disaster for the ecological, political-economic and cultural approach