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Not-So Natural Disaster: Niger 2005
Xavier Crombe
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Paperback. The tsunami was perceived as so 'un-natural' that it provoked an immediate, unprecedented international outpouring of sympathy. It took many months, by contrast, for the story of a new famine in the Sahel to make headlines. This book endeavors to shed light on a multifaceted crisis. Editor(s): Crombe, Xavier; Jezequel, Jean-Herve. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDR; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Although the term 'natural disaster' applies to the December 2004 tsunami, the images of huge devastation that were televised after the tragedy probably seemed a good deal less 'natural' to us than those of starving African children we saw seven months later, from Niger. The tsunami was perceived as so 'un-natural' that it provoked an immediate, unprecedented international outpouring of sympathy. It took many months, by contrast, for the story of a new famine in the Sahel to make headlines. From the outset its causes were apparent in media coverage-droughts and locust invasions have always seemed the everyday lot of ... Read more
Although the term 'natural disaster' applies to the December 2004 tsunami, the images of huge devastation that were televised after the tragedy probably seemed a good deal less 'natural' to us than those of starving African children we saw seven months later, from Niger. The tsunami was perceived as so 'un-natural' that it provoked an immediate, unprecedented international outpouring of sympathy. It took many months, by contrast, for the story of a new famine in the Sahel to make headlines. From the outset its causes were apparent in media coverage-droughts and locust invasions have always seemed the everyday lot of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hurst
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659549
SKU
V9781850659549
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About Xavier Crombe
Xavier Crombe is research director of Medecin Sans Frontieres, Paris; Jean Herve Jezequel, a historian of Africa, is an academic adviser to MSF.
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