Beschreibung:
Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity explores the relationship between natural disasters and civil society, immigration and diaspora communities and the long-term impact on emotional health.
1. Writing Natural Disasters: An Overview 2 Civil Tsunamis and Humanitarian Aid: A Test for Governance 3. Trauma and Collective Memory: A Flood of Emotions 4. Immigration and Diaspora: A Torrent of Dreams 5. Preparation and Recovery in Chile and Cuba: Fissures 6. Lessons and More Fissures: Mexico and Haiti