Environmental disasters : a chronicle of individual, industrial, and governmental carelessness / Lee Davis.

By:

Davis, Lee (Lee Allyn)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Facts on File, c1998.Description: viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:

0816032653 (hc)

DDC classification:

363.732 21

LOC classification:

GE140 .D383 1998

Contents:

Review: "The adage "truth is stranger than fiction" aptly summarizes Lee Davis's detailed chronicle of the worst environmental tragedies of the 20th century. In each account he describes precisely the conditions leading to disaster, the unfolding of events, and their ruinous aftermath."--BOOK JACKET. "Each section of Environmental Disasters is preceded by an introduction that places in context the articles that follow, a chronology, and a geographical guide. The book also contains photographs that vividly illustrate the effects of environmental disasters, a bibliography, and an index."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.

Collective and Individual Assaults Against the Environment -- Industrial and Governmental Disasters -- Oil Spill Disasters -- Nuclear Disasters -- War Crimes Against the Environment.

"The adage "truth is stranger than fiction" aptly summarizes Lee Davis's detailed chronicle of the worst environmental tragedies of the 20th century. In each account he describes precisely the conditions leading to disaster, the unfolding of events, and their ruinous aftermath."--BOOK JACKET. "Each section of Environmental Disasters is preceded by an introduction that places in context the articles that follow, a chronology, and a geographical guide. The book also contains photographs that vividly illustrate the effects of environmental disasters, a bibliography, and an index."--BOOK JACKET.

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