Disasters
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  EngastrationFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the long history of chickens. | Lenore Newman | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Harper and Harrison |
Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … | Bruce Campbell | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Twilight of the Gods(1945-1972) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 6 discusses the gradual winding down of the Relief Commissions work after the Second World war as disputes over its roles and responsibilities with the municipal, provincial, and federal … | Barry Cahill | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Chapter SevenShaking down the Mississippi From: On Borrowed Time |
Earthquake readiness in the Mississippi River Valley and the New Madrid Seismic Zone is examined, as well as how this risk is persistently overshadowed by more pressing natural disaster concerns. | Gregor Craigie | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Denouement(1972-1976) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 7 discusses how the Halifax Relief Commission finally and formally came to an end nearly 6 decades after the Halifax Explosion. | Barry Cahill | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  EpilogueFrom: Titanic Remembered |
The impact of the Titanic Sinking is overviewed | Alan Ruffman | 2 | 2013 | $0.20 Add |
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From Eve of Destruction |
Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for … | Bruce Campbell | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Pear KingFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman reflects on the history of her favorite fruit, the pear. She explores the act of domestication, the shift from small scale local production and the evolution to the … | Lenore Newman | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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From Apocalypse |
Describes the Lac-Mégantic disaster in detail: from the runaway train’s final moments before derailment to the inferno that killed forty-seven people, spilled six million litres of … | Bruce Campbell | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From Chapter EightThe problem with prediction From: On Borrowed Time |
Exploring the extent to which earthquakes can be predicted using the Haicheng and Tangshan earthquakes in China to expouse the pitfalls of prediction. | Gregor Craigie | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From EpilogueHalifax Disaster Commemoration From: Rebuilding Halifax |
The epilogue assess the legacy of the Halifax Relief Commission and the role it played in shaping the city throughout the 20th century. | Barry Cahill | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From Life is Short, We Must HurryFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the history of place preservation and seed storing, fruit hunting and the creation of the “ark of taste.” | Lenore Newman | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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From Aftermath |
Anaylzes the response to the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster by Transport Canada; Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, and the rail industry. Documents an accountability diversion to the last … | Bruce Campbell | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From AppendixThe Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) | Barry Cahill | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From Chapter NineBig risk in the Big Apple From: On Borrowed Time |
New York’s seismic threat, the Coney Island earthquake, and the substantial risk posed by nuclear power stations. | Gregor Craigie | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Scrambled ParadiseFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully … | Lenore Newman | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
