Catastrophe & Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster
- ISBN-10
- 0852559259
- ISBN-13
- 9780852559253
- Category
- Catastrophes - Aspect social - Congrès
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-01-01
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Authors
- Susanna Hoffman, Anthony Oliver-Smith
Description
Using a variety of natural and technological events this volume explores the potentials of disaster for the ecological, political-economic and cultural approaches to anthropology, along with the perspectives of archaeology and history.
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