Great disasters, reforms and ramifications
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1)
The influenza pandemic of 1918
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The Titanic
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911
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Bhopal
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The Chernobyl nuclear disaster
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Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Discusses the disastrous drought in the United States during the 1930s which made a "dust bowl" out of part of the Great Plains, which caused great hardship for farmers, and the enactment of programs and reforms to help the people and land.
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Nuclear submarine disasters
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Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Presents a chronicle of the Salem Witch Trials, an episode in U.S. history in which the strange behavior of several young girls in colonial Salem was attributed to witchcraft leading to mass hysteria, accusations against townspeople, and over twenty executions and deaths.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles every step of the disaster, which started with a harmless 4 AM release of steam. From this simple blast of steam, a series of mistakes started TMI on the path to complete meltdown. Learn what happened at TMI and how disaster was averted. As the world searches for new energy sources and the use of nuclear power is again on the rise, could such an accident happen again?"--BOOK JACKET.
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