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Author:

Buffett, Howard G.

Title:

Fragile : the human condition / photographs and text by Howard G. Buffett ; [foreword by Shakira Mebarak].

Publisher:

Tien Wah Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

320 p. : col. ill. ; 33 cm.

Subject:

Developing countries--Economic conditions--Pictorial works.
Poverty--Pictorial works.
Human geography--Pictorial works.
Human ecology--Pictorial works.
Sociology.

Other Authors:

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320).

Contents:

Food is power : hunger, malnutrition, food assistance -- Seeds of change : food security, agriculture, water -- Endangered traditions : indigenous groups, pastoralists -- Stolen lives : poverty, disease, human trafficking -- Maximum exposure : shelter, street life -- Operation "No Living Thing" : conflict, child soldiers, affected communities -- Home bitter home : internally displaced persons -- "Here, we die by hunger; at home, we die by bullets" : refugees -- The death train : "the risk is less than doing nothing" : immigration -- Nature's force : natural disasters, emergency relief.

Summary:

"Fragile is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. It is about personal accounts, some successful, some shattering. The book is an effort to move intellectual discussions to face emotional realities. It is one man's attempt to bring this reality to those who may be motivated to affect change."-- Summary from National Geographic Society website.

ISBN:

0970738587
9780970738585

OCLC:

(OCoLC)465191474

LCCN:

2008041226

Locations:

RCPA397 -- Casey Public Library (Casey)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)