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Apocalypse Ready
The manual of manuals; a century of panic prevention
Langbeschreibung
An expertly curated compilation of officially published step-by-step guides on how to deal with every kind of disaster imaginable, drawn from government archives all around the world from the 1910s to today.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction Pandemic - Tuberculosis - Spanish Flu - Avian Flu and Hong Kong Flu - HIV/AIDS - Recent Viruses Natural Disaster - Extreme Weather - When the Earth Moves - Fighting Fire - Survive in the Wild Nuclear War - Preparation - Shelter - Blast and Fallout Alien Invasion - We Come in Peace - Is There Anyone Out There? - What is the Truth?
Taras Young is author of Nuclear War in the UK (2019) and of the blog Communicating the Unthinkable, and has written articles and essays for History Today, BBC History magazine, Fortean Times and Wellcome. He has been researching and collecting Cold War, natural disaster and alien invasion brochures, booklets and posters for over a decade and contributed material to the 2018 exhibition 'War of Nerves', a joint venture between the Wellcome Collection and the Wende Museum (USA).
ISBN-13:
9780500024317
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.04.2022
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Taras Young
Gewicht:
916 g
Format:
238x174x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch