Greg Bankoff

Cultures of Disaster

Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780700717613
• ISBN-10: 0700717617
• Artikelnr.: 21270391

Autorenporträt

Greg Bankoff is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Auckland. His previous books include Crime Society and the State in Nineteenth-Century Philippines (Hawaii University Press: 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Acknowledgement Introduction: Of Jellyfish and Coups 1.
'Vulnerability' as Western Discourse 2. Environment and Hazard in Southeast
Asia 3. A History of Hazard in the Philippines 4. The 'Costs' of Hazard in
the Contemporary Philippines 5. The Politics of Disaster Management and
Relief 6. The Economics of Red Tides 7. The Social Order and the El Nino
Southern Oscillation 8. Cultures of Disaster Conclusion: Hazard as a
Frequent Life Experience Notes Bibliography