The World Trade Center And Global Crisis : Some Critical Perspectives.
Numerous humanly caused destructions of just the last hundred years dwarf the World Trade Center disaster, and the attention still addressed to it may over the next few years appear disproportionate. But the significance of events is always determined by the social, political, and cultural forces th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2013.
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Colección: | Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Numerous humanly caused destructions of just the last hundred years dwarf the World Trade Center disaster, and the attention still addressed to it may over the next few years appear disproportionate. But the significance of events is always determined by the social, political, and cultural forces that are articulated through a particular event. The attack of 9/11 was an event waiting to happen, and when it did occur the even itself became a catalyst and impetus for the changing and redirection of global realities. This volume offers provocative assessments of the reaction to the event from a. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (94 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780857458643 0857458647 |