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Greg Bankoff
Cultures of Disaster [EPUB ebook]
Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines

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In this fascinating and comprehensive study, Greg Bankoff traces the history of natural hazards in the Philippines from the records kept by the Spanish colonisers to the ”Calamitous Nineties”, and assesses the effectiveness of the relief mechanisms that have evolved to cope with these occurrences. He also examines the correlation between this history of natural disasters and the social hierarchy within Filipino society. The constant threat of disaster has been integrated into the schema of daily life to such an extent that a ”culture of disaster” has been formed.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781135785901 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2003 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2573512 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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