Disaster culture
Subtitle: knowledge and uncertainty in the wake of human and environmental catastrophe
By: Gregory Button
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781598743883; 9781598743890
Description: Drawing on decades of research on the most infamous human and environmental calamities, Button shows how states, corporations, and other actors attempt to create meaning and control social relations in post-disaster struggles for the redistribution of power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.