Witnessing The Disaster

Author : Michael Bernard-Donals
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299183637
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witnessing the Disaster written by Michael Bernard-Donals and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnessing the Disaster examines how histories, films, stories and novels, memorials and museums, and survivor testimonies involve problems of witnessing: how do those who survived, and those who lived long after the Holocaust, make clear to us what happened? How can we distinguish between more and less authentic accounts? Are histories more adequate descriptors of the horror than narrative? Does the susceptibility of survivor accounts to faulty memory and the vestiges of trauma make them any more or less useful as instruments of witness? And how do we authenticate their accuracy without giving those who deny the Holocaust a small but dangerous foothold? These essayists aim to move past the notion that the Holocaust as an event defies representation. They look at specific cases of Holocaust representation and consider their effect, their structure, their authenticity, and the kind of knowledge they produce. Taken together they consider the tension between history and memory, the vexed problem of eyewitness testimony and its status as evidence, and the ethical imperatives of Holocaust representation.

Author : Hillary L. Chute
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674495667
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster Drawn written by Hillary L. Chute and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima’s Ground Zero, comics have shown a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Hillary Chute explores the ways graphic narratives by diverse artists, including Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya, Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Sacco, document the disasters of war.

Author : Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426303395
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Droughts written by Judith Bloom Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes droughts (with special eyewitness accounts of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s) and the far-reaching effects of these disasters. Chapters alternate between history and science to bring home the awesome power of nature's fury.

Author : Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426302114
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witness to Disaster: Earthquakes written by Judith Bloom Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the earthquake in Alaska in 1964 as told by eyewitness accounts of this disaster.

Author : Judy Fradin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426309791
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witness to Disaster: Earthquakes written by Judy Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s another normal day in Alaska, where the beauty of the rugged landscape makes the hardships of winter worth enduring. This Northern life is good, you think, when suddenly—without warning—your world is ROCKED! The ground sways beneath your feet with sickening force. You’ve just been caught in the second strongest earthquake in history! Witness to Disaster: Earthquakes uses eyewitness accounts and pulse-racing narrative to bring readers into the terrifying heart of an earthquake. The first chapter documents the 1964 Alaskan quake that shook Prince William Sound with a 9.2 magnitude force, and set off a tsunami that ultimately caused most of the deaths attributed to this frightening act of nature. The following chapters explore the deadly history of earthquakes and the seismic and geological science of this phenomenon. Readers learn how and why earthquakes occur, and what scientists can do to prevent casualties. The expansive back matter includes a list of sources to discover more about these fearsome catastrophes.

Author : Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780792253761
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanoes written by Judith Bloom Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides first-person reports of those who've witnessed the violent rage of a volcanic eruption.

Author : Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426201110
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricanes written by Judith Bloom Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at hurricane with an emphasis on eyewitness accounts.

Author : Dennis Fradin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436190657
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricanes written by Dennis Fradin and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricanes: Witness to Disaster

Author : Judy Fradin
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1426309805
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witness to Disaster: Tsunamis written by Judy Fradin and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s another beautiful day of your paradise vacation in South Asia. You look out onto a calm sea on this day after Christmas, already looking forward to ringing in 2005. But why is the ocean receding so far from shore? Are those fish flapping around in the sand? Something is not right. Your island getaway is about to be devastated with the 80-foot-plus waves of one of the worst tsunamis in history. The 2004 Asian Tsunami was the result of the second largest earthquake ever recorded. Lasting over eight minutes, it was also the longest on record. The quake measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, large enough to vibrate the entire planet, violent enough to move an ocean. Through eyewitness accounts and dramatic photography, the first chapter of Tsunamis puts you in the terrifying path of the wave that washed ashore in many countries. The tsunami wiped out whole communities and claimed an estimated 230,000 lives. Tsunamis explores the science, history, and personal experience of tsunamis and shows kids what scientists are doing to develop early warning systems so we can survive such disasters in the future. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Author : Michael Bernard-Donals
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791451496
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Witness and Testimony written by Michael Bernard-Donals and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-10-19 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ethical and pedagogical stakes of representing the Holocaust in books, films, and museum exhibits.