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1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Sea of Uncertainty; 2. Uncertainty and Social Conflict over Animal Rescue; 3. "What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You"; 4. "Damaged by Katrina, Ruined by Murphy Oil"; 5. Knowledge Withheld; 6. "What We Don't Know Can't Hurt You"; 7. Mediated Disaster Narratives; 8. Contested Knowledge; 9. The Production of Uncertainty; 10. Sequestered Knowledge; 11. A Gulf of Uncertainty; References; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- United States.
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Emergency management. |
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United States. |
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Crisis management -- United States.
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Crisis management. |
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Disasters -- United States.
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Disasters. |
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Uncertainty.
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Uncertainty. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Button, Gregory. Disaster culture. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, ©2010 9781598743883 (DLC) 2010037435 (OCoLC)639161492 |
| ISBN |
9781598746617 (electronic book) |
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1598746618 (electronic book) |
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9781598743883 |
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9781598743890 |
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1598743880 (harcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1598743899 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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