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Perils of progress : environmental disasters in the twentieth century / Andrew L. Jenks.
"This book inserts the often overlooked costs of modern industrial and urban development back into the story of modern world history. It uses four case studies to examine the political, social, and ecological fallout of technological and toxic-waste disasters in the twentieth century" --back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780136038023 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0136038026 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xvi, 159 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Boston : Prentice Hall, c2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Minamata Disaster and the True Costs of Japanese Modernization -- Love Canal and the Law of Unintended Consequences -- The Bhopal Gas Tragedy : A Perfect Storm of Injustice -- The Techno-Politics of Disaster : Chernobyl and the Collapse of the Soviet Union -- Epilogue: making connections. |
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| Subject: | Disasters. Environmental disasters. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Lansdowne Library | HC 79 D45 J46 2011 (Text) | 26040003252083 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
