Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
"...gripping thesis and prose…a must-read for any sociologist (nay, for any curious thinker), not just risk or disaster researchers." --Contemporary Sociology, May 2006, Eugene Rosa, Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor, Washington State University"Worst Casesis packed with gems for laypeople and scholars alike." Robert A. Stallings, University of Southern California --Contemporary Sociology, May 2006, Robert Stallings, University of Southern California"…tour de force… "immersed in sociological tradition, focusing on social and political structures, social organizations, stratification, inequality...important insights..." --Contemporary Sociology, May 2006, Havidan Rodriquez (Director, Disaster Research Center) University of Delaware, John Barnshaw, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware