Great Disasters - Reforms & Ramifications S.
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-- Some of the modern world's most devastating disasters are profiled -- The reforms and improvements that grew out of these tragedies are explained and put in perspective -- Historically accurate, compelling accounts -- Selected titles contain quotes from eyewitnesses The worst nuclear disaster ever to occur happened in 1986.
The October 1929 collapse of the stock market wiped out millions of investors and plunged thc country into the Great Depression. This book examines the historical and sociological causes for the crash, as well as its after effects.