The Golden Wave
The Golden Wave

Author: Michele Ruth Gamburd

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2013-12-23

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0253011507

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In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and loss of the flood itself; the sense of community and leveling of social distinctions as people worked together to recover and regroup; and the local and national politics of foreign aid as the country began to rebuild. In The Golden Wave, Gamburd describes how the catastrophe changed social identities, economic dynamics, and political structures.

The Golden Silence
The Golden Silence

Author: Alice Muriel Williamson

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-04-06

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 3732660265

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Reproduction of the original: The Golden Silence by Alice Muriel Williamson, Charles Norris Williamson

Epicentre to Aftermath
Epicentre to Aftermath

Author: Michael Hutt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1009003739

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Epicentre to Aftermath makes both empirical and conceptual contributions to the growing body of disaster studies literature by providing an analysis of a disaster aftermath that is steeped in the political and cultural complexities of its social and historical context. Drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the book highlights the political, historical, cultural, artistic, emotional, temporal, embodied and material dynamics at play in the earthquake aftermath. Crucially, it shows that the experience and meaning of a disaster are not given or inevitable, but are the outcome of situated human agency. The book suggests a whole new epistemology of disaster consequences and their meanings, and dramatically expands the field of knowledge relevant to understanding disasters and their outcomes.

Qianyuan Sword
Qianyuan Sword

Author: Xuan YuanShouHu

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 1648464270

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An unknown sword with an unknown cultivation technique had achieved a breakthrough to the next realm. It was a useless weapon that could not be cultivated. He had unraveled the secrets of each continent and walked towards the Endless Planes. What kind of innate mission did he have? And how was he going to walk to the pinnacle step by step?

Disasters in World History
Disasters in World History

Author: Benjamin Reilly

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-27

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1040110894

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Disasters in World History surveys the development of disaster studies as a discipline as well as presenting historical case studies and theories used by historians to understand disasters. Disasters, here defined as the complex interaction between natural hazards and specific human vulnerabilities, have frequently left a mark on human history. Cataclysms have toppled dynasties, fueled massacres, and shaped the culture of societies frequently affected by natural hazards. This volume fosters understanding of such events by considering both social science theory and the natural science concepts relevant to disaster studies. In addition, the text makes heavy use of an emerging psychological theory relevant to disaster studies: the behavioral immune system, which helps to explain why xenophobic behavior and even violence often erupt in the aftermath of disasters. Chapters consider specific examples of disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, climate change (including modern anthropogenic climate change or global warming), and tropical cyclones. This book is an accessible resource, ideal for undergraduates and instructors in world history, environmental history, and disaster studies courses.

Godly Pretending System
Godly Pretending System

Author: Yun ZhongQue

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1636663427

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Qin Long's confession had failed. This was his first love, and in the end, it turned out that this girl was actually a gold digger! Damn it, isn't it just love money! If I had money! Qin Long thought angrily. Thus, a bolt of lightning struck him. A voice resounded in his mind while he was unconscious. Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the highest technology, the Most Powerful Posturing System from the O2M star. "

Souls of Distortion Awakening
Souls of Distortion Awakening

Author: J. Wicherink

Publisher: Ontheemde Zielen Ontwaken

Published: 2006-02-17

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9081304720

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This book reunites science and spirituality after her roads separated 300 years ago. More and more scientists are discovering that both disciplines are only two sides of the same coin. We are on the verge of a major paradigm change in science where the immaterial subjective world of the mind can no longer be separated from the objective material world. This leap in human consciousness was already foreseen by the ancients and American indigenous people like the Maya, Hopi and Aztecs who prophesized that this transformation of consciousness would take place in our time. This book takes you on a journey from the ancient wisdom to the most modern scientific insights and demonstrates how both can be united.

The Golden Wheel
The Golden Wheel

Author: Paul Hemenway Altrocchi, MD

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2007-07-09

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 146281090X

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The Golden Wheel is Julia Cooley Altrocchi’s fourth poetry anthology, upon which she was working when she died at age 79. The short poems chosen exemplify the broad spectrum of Julia’s aesthetic interests -- love, nature, optimism, philosophic reflection, the grandeur of history and travel, modern youth, and the meaning of Life. The editors, a son and a granddaughter, have enriched this anthology with a sampling of her youthful poetry as well as two powerful long narrative poems in their entirety -- Black Boat, which describes one of World War II’s least-known American racial injustices, and Chicago: Epic City, for which she won, at age 75, first prize in Poet Lore’s National Narrative Poem Contest. This collection of poetry illuminates the evolution and full sweep of Julia Cooley Altrocchi’s literary creativity and artistry.