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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'Often intriguing , the book provides a fascinating historical account of the intertwining of society and a hazardous environment in the Philippines.' - Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
'Cultures of Disaster addresses important issues about human - environmental interaction in the Philippines. The author should be commended for their achievement in advancing knowledge on this vital, if still under researched subject.' - Department of Geography, Kings Collage, London
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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).
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Natural disasters seem to have increasingly caught the attention of the western media in the late twentieth century, carrying reports and images of drought, flood, famine, earthquake, volcanic eruption, typhoon, tsunami and the like into suburban homes on an almost daily basis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Southeast Asia, Report of the Governor-General, Years Figure, Metro Manila, Annual Statistical Data, Manila Bay, Southern Oscillation, Report of the Philippine Commission, South Cotabato, United Nations, President Ramos, Typhoon Ruping, Census of the Philippine Islands, Calamity Fund, Hong Kong, Manila Observatory, Recorded Philippine, Sultan Kudarat, Agusan River, Angat Dam, Disaster Data, Disaster Statistical Data Covering the Period, Effect of Destructive Typhoons, Ilocos Norte, Misamis Oriental New!
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Natural disasters seem to have increasingly caught the attention of the western media in the late twentieth century, carrying reports and images of drought, flood, famine, earthquake, volcanic eruption, typhoon, tsunami and the like into suburban homes on an almost daily basis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tropical cyclones, natural hazards, storm surges Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, Report of the Governor-General, Years Figure, Metro Manila, Annual Statistical Data, Manila Bay, Southern Oscillation, Report of the Philippine Commission, South Cotabato, United Nations, President Ramos, Typhoon Ruping, Census of the Philippine Islands, Calamity Fund, Hong Kong, Manila Observatory, Recorded Philippine, Sultan Kudarat, Agusan River, Angat Dam, Disaster Data, Disaster Statistical Data Covering the Period, Effect of Destructive Typhoons, Ilocos Norte, Misamis Oriental New!
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- The Angry Earth: Disaster in Anthropological Perspective by Anthony Oliver-Smith on 5 pages
- Power of Development by Jonathan Crush in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Revolt in Mindanao: Rise of Islam in Philippine Politics by T.J.S. George in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Environmental Science by Stanley H. Anderson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Disaster, Development and Environment by Ann Varley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930 by Gregory Clancey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Corruption and Good Governance in Asia (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) by Nicholas Tarling on page 183
- Nongovernmental Organizations in Environmental Struggles: Politics and the Making of Moral Capital in the Philippines (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) by Raymond L. Bryant in Back Matter
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