The White Arctic: Anthropological essays on tutelage and ethnicity (Newfoundland social and economic papers)

Robert Paine

Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland

<p>At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to the environment. Using a variety of natural and technological disasters-including Mexican earthquakes, drought in the Andes and in Africa, the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oakland firestorm, and the Bhopal gas disaster-the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster for ecological, political-economic, and cultural approaches to anthropology along with the perspectives of archaeology and history. They also discuss the connection between theory and practice and what anthropology can do for disaster management.</p>

Catastrophe & Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster (Peppercanister)

History

Sharon Stephens

Michael E. Moseley

Susanna M. Hoffman

Anthony Oliver-Smith

Gregory V. Button

Christopher L. Dyer

Virginia Garcia-Acosta

J. Terrence McCabe

S. Ravi Rajan

Historical Study & Educational Resources

School of American Research Press

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