A new species of trouble : explorations in disaster, trauma, and community
Sociologist Kai Erikson visited the sites of man-made disasters in America, including Three-Mile Island. He found that communities in the affected areas had in common a chronic dread of radiation and other toxic substances, and suggests that we do more to protect people from this insidious trauma.
Case studies
263 pages ; 22 cm
9780393035940, 0393035948
1083059853
Includes index