Age of Catastrophe: Disaster and Humanity in Modern Times

by John David Ebert

Book Overview

Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on the planet. We have entered into a veritable Age of Catastrophes which have grown both larger and more complex and now routinely very widespread in scope. The old days of the geographically isolated industrial accidents, of the sinking of a Titanic or the explosion of a Hindenburg, together with their isolated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786471425
• ISBN13: 9780786471423
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher