Haiti and the Historical Construction of Disasters

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Oliver-Smith,Anthony (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Jul 2010
    Published:
    New York, NY: North American Congress on Latin America, Inc.
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    NACLA Report on the Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    43(4) : 32-36
    ISBN:
    1071-4839
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Haiti, Disasters, and Natural disasters
    Notes:
    Disasters are not accidents or acts of God. They are deeply rooted in the histories of the societies in which they occur. Haiti's earthquake may be thought of as a disaster 500 years in the making.

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