(Hardback, 1st ed. 2015)
By: Steve Matthewman
ISBN: 9781137294258
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Publication Date: Aug 2015
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and severity. Drawing on both disaster research and social theory, this book offers a critical examination of their causes, consequences and future avoidance.
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By: Professor Phil Scraton
ISBN: 9781910948019
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Publication Date: Jun 2016
UK Publication Date: 16th June 2016
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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An account of the disaster in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. It details the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath, the inhumanity of the identification process and the vilification of fans in the national and international media.
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By: Joel Levy
ISBN: 9781787394995
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Publication Date: Jan 2021
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2020
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Case studies of 14 major incidents unravel the science, politics and cultural significance of nuclear power.
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By: Chris Clearfield
ISBN: 9781786492265
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Publication Date: Mar 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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A ground-breaking big-ideas book exploring failure in business, government, and life - from the winners of the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken-Bower prize.
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By: George Monbiot
ISBN: 9781786632883
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Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Verso Books
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What does the good life-and the good society-look like in the twenty-first century
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By: Leigh Raymond
ISBN: 9780262529303
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Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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How the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative created a new paradigm in climate policy by requiring polluters to pay for their emissions for the first time.
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By: Ian Goldin
ISBN: 9781529366907
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Publication Date: Apr 2022
UK Publication Date: 20th January 2022
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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An optimistic vision of the future after Covid-19 by a leading professor of globalisation at the University of Oxford.
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By: Ian Goldin
ISBN: 9781529366877
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Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 13th May 2021
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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An optimistic vision of the future after Covid-19 by a leading professor of globalisation at the University of Oxford.
(Paperback, Third Edition)
By: Michael Wallace
ISBN: 9781400245550
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Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
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In business, we expect the best but should plan for the worst. If a disaster hits your organization, will you be prepared
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By: Christophe Bonneuil
ISBN: 9781784785031
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Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Verso Books
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Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the "Anthropocene"
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By: Lucy Easthope
ISBN: 9781529358247
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Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 31st March 2022
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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The gripping story of an extraordinary life spent inside major disasters - from Hillsborough and 9/11 to Grenfell and Covid - from the UK's leading expert on disaster recovery.
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By: Yarimar Bonilla
ISBN: 9781642591781
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Publication Date: Jan 2020
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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An in-depth look at Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the preexisting crisis that conditioned this historic disaster.
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By: Lukas Ley
ISBN: 9781517908874
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Publication Date: Dec 2021
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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"A timely ethnography of how Indonesia's coastal dwellers inhabit the "chronic present" of a slow-motion natural disaster"--
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By: Lukas Ley
ISBN: 9781517908881
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Publication Date: Dec 2021
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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"A timely ethnography of how Indonesia's coastal dwellers inhabit the "chronic present" of a slow-motion natural disaster"--
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Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Triumph Books
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(Paperback)
By: James Donald
ISBN: 9780816635559
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Publication Date: Nov 1999
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: Gillean Daffern
ISBN: 9781771601580
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Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books
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(Paperback)
By: Bob Stearns
ISBN: 9781602396753
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Publication Date: Jul 2009
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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Written by a former Navy weather officer, this timely work is a how-to guide for dealing with hurricanes--before, during, and after they strike--including understanding how these powerful storms form, how to protect one's family and property, and more. 60 color illustrations.
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By: Cedric Johnson
ISBN: 9780816673254
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Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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A critical collection on the politics of disaster and reconstruction in New Orleans
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By: Lola Vollen
ISBN: 9781642595567
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Publication Date: May 2023
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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In their own words, the narrators of Voices from the Storm recount their expeiences with Hurrican Katina and its impact on lives and communities of New Orleans.
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By: Lola Vollen
ISBN: 9781642595369
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Publication Date: May 2023
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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In their own words, the narrators of Voices from the Storm recount their expeiences with Hurrican Katina and its impact on lives and communities of New Orleans.
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By: Jenny Edkins
ISBN: 9780816635078
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Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Geoffrey R.F. Hicks
ISBN: 9781877385872
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Publication Date: Oct 2012
Publisher: Te Papa Press
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(Paperback)
By: Lucy Jones
ISBN: 9781785784361
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Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th July 2018
Publisher: Icon Books
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A riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come.
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