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Tennessee tragedies : natural, technological, and societal disasters in the Volunteer State / Allen R. Coggins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coggins, Allen R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disasters--Tennessee.
- Disasters.
- Tennessee--History--Miscellanea.
- Tennessee.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A one-of-a-kind reference book, Tennessee Tragedies examines a wide variety of disasters that have occurred in the Volunteer State over the past several centuries. Intended for both general readers and emergency management professionals, it covers natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes; technological events such as explosions, transportation wrecks, and structure fires; and societal incidents including labor strikes, political violence, lynchings, and other hate crimes. At the center of the book are descriptive accounts of 150 of the state's most sev
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Natural disasters
- pt. 2. Technological disasters
- pt. 3. Societal disorders.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613528896
- 9781572339064
- 1572339063
- 9781280125034
- 1280125039
- 9781572338296
- 1572338296
- OCLC:
- 921233406
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