Roars from the mountain : colonial management of the 1951 volcanic disaster at Mount Lamington /

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Mount Lamington broke out in violent eruption on 21 January 1951, killing thousands of Orokaiva people, devastating villages and destroying infrastructure. Generations of Orokavia people had lived on the rich volcanic soils of Mount Lamington, apparently unaware of the deadly volcanic threat that la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, R. W. (R. Wally) (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Australian National University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2020.
Colección:Pacific series.
Temas:
Volcanoes > Papua new Guinea > Lamington, Mount.
Emergency management > Papua New Guinea > History.
Volcanic eruptions > Papua New Guinea > History.
Disaster relief > Papua New Guinea > History.
Hazard mitigation > Papua New Guinea > History.
Natural disasters > Papua New Guinea > History.
Volcanoes > Papua New Guinea.
Éruptions volcaniques > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
Catastrophes > Réduction > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
Catastrophes naturelles > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Histoire.
HISTORY > Oceania.
Disaster relief.
Emergency management.
Hazard mitigation.
Natural disasters.
Volcanic eruptions.
Volcanoes.
Papua New Guinea.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt 1. Tidal wave from the West. 1. Claiming land for the British empire ; 2. Colonialism on a shoestring ; 3. World War and Australian recovery
  • pt 2. Catastrophic eruption. 4. Victims, survivors and evacuations ; 5. The next 10 days: disaster relief and controversy ; 6. Beginning disaster recovery ; 7. Volcanological analysis and new eruptions
  • pt 3. After the disaster. 8. Resettlement, myths and memorialisation ; 9. Lead-up to independence ; 10. Living with Mount Lamington in postcolonial times
  • References
  • Appendices. Appendix A: Correspondence and reference collections ; Appendix B: A postcolonial time series.

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