The angry earth : disaster in anthropological perspective / edited by Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna M. Hoffman.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: xiii, 334p. : ill. , maps ; 23 cmISBN:

0415919878 (pb) ; 041591986X (hb)

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DDC classification:

363.34 21

LOC classification:

HV553 .A585 1999

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Subject: This collection is the first to adequately represent the cultural, historical, and geographical scope and complexities of the problem of disaster. it introduces a range of useful perspectives and arguments, with compelling examples.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disasters, environment, and culture -- Environmental pattern, hazards, and culture: the archaeological perspective -- The cultural and social construction of catastrophe -- Varieties of cultural response -- Agencies, survivors, and reconstruction -- Disaster and cultural continuity

This collection is the first to adequately represent the cultural, historical, and geographical scope and complexities of the problem of disaster. it introduces a range of useful perspectives and arguments, with compelling examples.

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