Decade of Disaster |
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| Author:
| Larabee, Ann |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06820-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1999 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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Focusing on the spectacular disasters of the 1980s--the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl meltdown, the Challenger space shuttle explosion, the Bhopal chemical plant release, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic--Ann Larabee examines how culture is reconstructed after disaster through victims' stories, media coverage, and official efforts to restore faith ......
Focusing on the spectacular disasters of the 1980s--the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl meltdown, the Challenger space shuttle explosion, the Bhopal chemical plant release, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic--Ann Larabee examines how culture is reconstructed after disaster through victims' stories, media coverage, and official efforts to restore faith ......