The memory of catastrophe
By: edited by Peter Gray and Kendrik Oliver.
Contributors: Gray, Peter, 1965-; Oliver, Kendrick, 1971-
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Disasters.; Memory -- Social aspects.; Suffering.; Genocide.; War and society.
Description: Memories of catastrophes - those which occur naturally and those which are consequences of human actions - loom large in the modern consciousness. This volume draws on the latest scholarship to investigate this phenomenon in both contemporary and historical contexts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.