| Catastrophe & Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster Contributor(s): Hoffman, Susanna (Other) |
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ISBN: 193061814X ISBN-13: 9781930618145 Publisher: School of American Research Press OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Social Science | Sociology - General - Nature | Natural Disasters |
| Dewey: 363.34 |
| LCCN: 2001054174 |
| Series: Peppercanister |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.44" W x 9.36" (1.26 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to the environment. Using a variety of natural and technological disasters-including Mexican earthquakes, drought in the Andes and in Africa, the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oakland firestorm, and the Bhopal gas disaster-the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster for ecological, political-economic, and cultural approaches to anthropology along with the perspectives of archaeology and history. They also discuss the connection between theory and practice and what anthropology can do for disaster management. |
