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On february 26, 1972, 2million gallons of debrisfilled muddy water burst through a makeshift miningcompany dam and roared through buffalo creek, a narrow mountain hollow in west virginia. Erikson was born in vienna, the son of joan erikson nee serson, a canadianborn artist, dancer, and writer, and erik erikson, a germanborn famed. Destruction of community in the buffalo creek flood 1978, a nonfiction book by american author kai t. Cleveland erikson reflection the book everything in its path by kai erikson is a report of the natural disaster that took place in buffalo creek, west virginia in 1972. Buy everything in its path by professor kai t erikson online at alibris. The human effect of the buffalo creek flood by kai t. Recounts the devastating personal and communal effects of the 1972 buffalo creek, west virginia, disaster on a tightly knit appalachian community suddenly uprooted and dispersed. Erikson 1978, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Kai theodor erikson born february 12, 1931 is an american sociologist, noted as an authority on the social consequences of catastrophic events.
Four thousand of towns population of 5,000 were displaced by a flood along with 125 fatalities in a preventable disaster caused by a poorly maintained dam operated by the towns primary employer. The 1977 sorokin awardwinning story of buffalo creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood. He served as the 76th president of the american sociological association life and career. Destruction of community in the buffalo creek flood kindle edition by erikson, kai t download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. As he documented in his 1976 book about buffalo creek, everything in its path, the floodwaters carried away not just physical objects. Destruction of community in the buffalo creek flood by kai t. The other, a runnerup for a national book award in 1975, is everything in its path, by kai erikson describing the story of the disaster from a sociologists point of view. Destruction of community in the buffalo creek flood. Everything in its path is an account of the causes and lasting impact of the buffalo creek flood of 1972 on an appalachian community and its people.
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