Acts of aid : : politics of relief and reconstruction in the 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake / / Eleonor Marcussen.
This socio-political history on the aftermath of the 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake explores disaster aid, relief, and reconstruction and the questions they give rise to about class, communities and inequality. The book traces disaster responses across the twentieth century in order to demonstrate how...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ;, New York, NY : : Cambridge University Press,, 2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 363 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jan 2023). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Experiencing the Extraordinary and the Ordinary
- Responses and Responsibilities in Emergency Relief
- From Local to National Politics of Relief
- Colonial Relations in Aid
- Categories of Victims
- Congested and Contested Spaces
- Conclusion.