Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster

Author/Contributor(s):	Hoffman, Susanna M.; Oliver-Smith, Anthony
Publisher:	SAR Press
Date:	3/1/2002
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.