TY - BOOK AU - Singleton,John TI - Economic and natural disasters since 1900: a comparative history SN - 9781782547341 (hbk.) U1 - 338.542 SIN 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - Financial crises KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Disasters N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-236) and index; Contents: The Disaster Cycle 2. Hurricane Katrina: A Classic Natural Disaster 3. The First World War 4. The Great Depression 5. Mining Disasters 6. Tobacco 7. The Twin Financial Disasters of the Early Twenty-first Century Conclusion Bibliography Index N2 - In the wake of the global financial and Eurozone upheavals this timely book argues that the disaster cycle - a framework normally used in the context of natural disasters - is equally applicable to the analysis of other types of catastrophe. UR - http://www.openisbn.com/isbn/1782547347/ ER -