Catastrophe & Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series)

by Michael E . Moseley (Contributor), Anthony Oliver - Smith (Contributor), VirginiaGarciaAcosta (Contributor), J.TerrenceMcCabe (Contributor), RobertPaine (Contributor), SusannaM.Hoffman (Contributor), S.RaviRajan (Contributor), Christopher L . Dyer (Contributor), Gregory Button (Contributor)

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  2002

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  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.