From the narrative of the blitz to the rhetoric of vulnerability

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-254

  Furedi, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adversity; Community; Disasters; Resilience; Risk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250723782     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975507078189     Document Type: Article

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