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Economic and natural disasters since 1900 : a comparative history / John Singleton, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

By: Material type: TextTextCopyright date: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, ©2016Description: vi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781782547341 (hbk.)
  • 1782547347 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.542 SIN 23 010638
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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.

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