01719nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10468510 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050330s2006 ilu sb 001 0 eng d 2005008994 0226108597 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226108599 9780226108605 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)828641949 HV551.2 .C533 2006eb 303.48/5 22 Clarke, Lee Ben. Worst cases [electronic resource] : terror and catastrophe in the popular imagination / Lee Clarke. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006. xi, 213 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index. 1. Worst cases : be afraid, be very afraid -- 2. The sky could be falling : globally relevant disasters and the perils of probabilism -- 3. What's the worst that can happen? 4. Power, politics, and panic in worst cases -- 5. Silver linings : the good from the worst -- 6. Living and dying in worst case worlds. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Emergency management. Disasters Psychological aspects. Terrorism Psychological aspects. Risk assessment. Catastrophical, The. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10468510 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 241592 241592