Offers a comparative analysis of six recent disasters and several 'hidden', crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. Makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomenon.
"Contextualizing Disaster, edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller, makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the social construction of disasters by contextualizing them in novel and diverse ways? The eight book chapters offer new and innovative analysis of recent disasters that to varying degrees are all translocal, and each chapter is carried by its own "narrative."? The book is providing fresh impetus not only for disaster scholars but also for DRR institutions and media." ? Anthropos
"This book presents a vivid picture of extreme events and how different parties involved in the recovery process contextualize them." ? Arthur D. Murphy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"This book will be read and read again. I intend to use it in my course, 'Disaster, Self, and Society,' and I suspect others, both sociologists and anthropologists, will assign it to their respective classes. Moreover, it will be read by scholars, enriching their understanding of mayhem. Well done." ? Steve Kroll-Smith, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
