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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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