Aftershocks

Earthquakes and Popular Politics in Latin America

Lyman L Johnson editor Jurgen Buchenau editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of New Mexico Press

Published:30th Aug '09

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Aftershocks cover

Earthquakes have helped shape the history of many Latin American nations. The effects of floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes and tsunamis have destroyed people's 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.

ISBN: 9780826346230

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272 pages