The Place of the 1917 Explosion in Halifax Harbor in the History of Disaster Research: The Work of Samuel H. Prince
| Author(s) | Dynes, Russell R. | |
| Author(s) | Quarantelli, E. L. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2005-03-12T17:56:04Z | |
| Date Available | 2005-03-12T17:56:04Z | |
| Publication Date | 1993 | |
| Description | The 1917 explosion in Halifax Harbor was important for a number of reasons, not the least of which was that particular tragedy became the focus of the first systematic social scientific study of disaster. In October 1920, Samuel H. Prince published "Catastrophe and Social Change, Based on a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster," which had been done as part of her Ph.D. work and the chair of his dissertation committee at Columbia University was F.H. Giddings, a significant figure in the developing field of sociology, Prince’s study can be placed both within the context of sociological thought at the time as well as its place within the disaster research tradition which has evolved since his pioneering work. | en |
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| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/576 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Publisher | Disaster Research Center | en |
| Part of Series | Preliminary Papers;189 | |
| Keywords | Halifax Harbor | en |
| Keywords | disaster research | en |
| Keywords | explosion | en |
| Keywords | catastrophe | en |
| Title | The Place of the 1917 Explosion in Halifax Harbor in the History of Disaster Research: The Work of Samuel H. Prince | en |
| Type | Other | en |