The Meanings of Disaster

The Meanings of DisasterThe disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significancenot only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the Northern hemisphere, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases of Great Britain and France, this innovative study explores the discourses and narratives that arose in the wake of the incident among both state and nonstate

the studies gathered here consider how memoirs have been used to transmit particular views of war even as they have emerged within specific social and political contexts

A Boy’s Will (1913) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost

a popular pseudo-history of Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages

representation and impact

This original and wide-ranging collection of essays offers

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and the role of New Zealand in the translation of words to images

This collection reviews our understanding of bacterial

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analyzing NATO’s diplomatic and military maneuvering and tracing the political

This collection outlines the key challenges that city managers will face in navigating this shifting political