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880986
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Clark, Nigel,1961-
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| Title & Author
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Inhuman Nature.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: SAGE Publications,, 2010.
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| Series Statement
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Theory, culture & society
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1 online resource (273 pages)
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| ISBN
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1446209342
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: 9781446209349
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0761957243
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0761957251
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9780761957249
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9780761957256
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-237) and index.
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| Contents
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COVER; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Earth in Physical and Social Thought; 2. Ways to Make a World:From Relational Materiality to Radical Asymmetry; 3. After the Tsunami:Vulnerability on a Volatile Planet; 4. Quaking:The 1755 Lisbon Disaster and the Modern Subject; 5. Justice and Abrupt Climate Change; 6. Hurricane Katrina and the Origins of Community; 7. 'Burning for the Other':Colonial Encounters on a Planet of Fire; 8. Extending Hospitality:Global Mobility and Journeys in Deep Time; References; Index.
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| Abstract
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The relationship between social thought and earth processes is an oddly neglected part of the social sciences. This exciting book offers to make good the deficit by exploring how human activity and planetary processes impact upon each other. The book: Provides a much needed in-depth inquiry into the volatile relationship between human life and the physical earth. Considers the social and political implications of consistently thinking of the earth as a dynamic planet. Asks what we can learn from natural catastrophes and from those who have lived through them. Offers an inter-disciplina.
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Earth sciences.
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Natural disasters.
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on.
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Earth sciences.
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Natural disasters.
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Geography.
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| Dewey Classification
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304.2
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GF75.C537 2011eb
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