Author: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Critical Disaster Studies
Author: Jacob A.C. RemesPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812299728
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. Unlike most existing approaches to disaster, critical disaster studies begins with the idea that disasters are not objective facts, but rather are interpretive fictions—and they shape the way people see the world. By questioning the concept of disaster itself, critical disaster studies reveals the stakes of defining people or places as vulnerable, resilient, or at risk. As social constructs, disaster, vulnerability, resilience, and risk shape and are shaped by contests over power. Managers and technocrats often herald the goals of disaster response and recovery as objective, quantifiable, or self-evident. In reality, the goals are subjective, and usually contested. Critical disaster studies attends to the ways powerful people often use claims of technocratic expertise to maintain power. Moreover, rather than existing as isolated events, disasters take place over time. People commonly imagine disasters to be unexpected and sudden, making structural conditions appear contingent, widespread conditions appear local, and chronic conditions appear acute. By placing disasters in broader contexts, critical disaster studies peels away that veneer. With chapters by scholars of five continents and seven disciplines, Critical Disaster Studies asks how disasters come to be known as disasters, how disasters are used as tools of governance and politics, and how people imagine and anticipate disasters. The volume will be of interest to scholars of disaster in any discipline and especially to those teaching the growing number of courses on disaster studies.
University of Pennsylvania
Author: George E. ThomasPublisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568983158
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin, founder of America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania, hoped that its students would learn "everything that is useful and everything that is ornamental." The same might be said of the architecture of its campus, both useful and ornamental. The newest title in our highly acclaimed Campus Guide Series takes readers on an insider's tour of this historic school, unique in the Ivy League for its single urban campus. The guide presents architectural walks of a campus that is distinguished by landmark buildings. Thomas traces the university's rich history from its founding in 1749 to the present wave of construction on the modern campus. Hand-colored maps and detailed descriptions of the buildings guide to readers on their tour.
The Things I Learned in College
Author: Sean-Michael GreenPublisher: Theleigh Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780692603178
Category : College environment
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Reveals what life is like for students who are able to study in the Ivy League and explores the myths and secrets of the institutions.
The University bulletins
Author: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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History of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1940
Author: Edward Potts CheyneyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220879X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Following his retirement from teaching in 1934, Edward Potts Cheyney was invited by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to write a history of the University in celebration of its bicentennial. Cheyney completed the project, published as the present work, in 1940. This, then, is his history of the University of Pennsylvania from its founding to its bicentennial anniversary.
The College of the University of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. University. [from old catalog]Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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University of Pennsylvania Bulletin
Author: University of PennsylvaniaPublisher:
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Report of the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania
Author: University of PennsylvaniaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Author: George Bacon Wood
Author: George Bacon Wood