Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster

By Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna M. Hoffman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930618158
• ISBN13: 9781930618152
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Sar Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"