Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster

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.

• | Author: Susanna M. Hoffman
• | Publisher: Sar Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2002
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1930618158
• | ISBN-13: 9781930618152