cover image A New Species of Trouble: The Human Experience of Modern Disasters

A New Species of Trouble: The Human Experience of Modern Disasters

Kai T. Erikson. W. W. Norton & Company, $19.95 (264pp) ISBN 978-0-393-31319-2

Erikson examines how various communities and victims have dealt with man-made disasters, concluding that these experiences can help keep people's faith in the government and social systems. (July)