A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal
- ISBN-10
- 0674748336
- ISBN-13
- 9780674748330
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Allan Mazur
Description
Love Canal--a community poisoned by toxic waste. Borrowing the multi-viewpoint technique of the classic Japanese film RASHOMON, sociologist/engineer Allan Mazur reveals that there are many--often conflicting--versions of what occurred at Love Canal. His collection of gripping personal tales tells how politics, journalism, and epidemiology often clash, when confronting a potential community disaster.
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