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Aftershocks: Earthquakes and Popular Politics in Latin America (Paperback)

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By Jürgen Buchenau (Editor), Lyman L. Johnson (Editor)
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Earthquakes have helped shape the history of many Latin American nations. The effects of floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes and tsunamis have destroyed peoples' lives and their built environments, and changed land forms, such as mountains, rivers, forests, and canyons.

This collection of essays focuses on earthquakes in Latin America since the mid-nineteenth century. Often interpreted as evidence of God's wrath, internalized as punishment for sins, and serving as detonators of revolutions, earthquakes have shined an unforgiving light on political corruption and provided new opportunities to previously disadvantaged groups. These analyses of earthquakes reveal the human role in shaping interactions with our environment.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780826346230
ISBN-10: 0826346235
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Date: September 1st, 2009
Pages: 242
Language: English
Series: Dialogos (Paperback)

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