Inventing Disaster Arturo Casadevall Dr Wecht's acumen helped straighten

Dr Wecht's acumen helped straighten out a baffling whodunit that had left local law enforcement going down the wrong path

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He inspired the theory-building of later generations of sociologists and social theorists as well as numerous empirical studies in various social domains

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Inventing Disaster Arturo Casadevall Dr Wecht's acumen helped straightenWhen hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, Inventing Disaster explains the origins and development of this predictable, even ritualized, culture of calamity over three centuries, exploring its roots in the revolutions in science, information, and emotion that were part of the Age of