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Strong in the Rain

Autor Lucy Birmingham
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 apr 2014

In March of 2011, a 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, unleashing a tsunami onto the densely populated coast. Over 19,000 people would be left dead, or missing, and the disaster triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl: a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear plant. As the world offered support, people everywhere wondered how the Japanese, facing such horrific destruction, were able to exhibit such calm, selflessness, and fortitude in picking up the pieces. Blending history, science, and gripping storytelling, "Strong in the Rain" vividly explores the country beyond the headlines, as well as the personal and national stories behind the earthquake. Following the narratives of six individuals, including a worker in the Fukushima nuclear plant who returned to work during the meltdown and the mayor of a coastal town who stayed round the clock on the job without knowing the fate of his family, it offers a glimpse of the surprising ways the Japanese people stood strong in the face of disaster.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137278944
ISBN-10: 1137278943
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Includes 10 pp b&w photos
Dimensiuni: 148 x 226 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: St. Martin's Griffin
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Descriere


In March of 2011, a 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, unleashing a tsunami onto the densely populated coast. Over 19,000 people would be left dead, or missing, and the disaster triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl: a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear plant. As the world offered support, people everywhere wondered how the Japanese, facing such horrific destruction, were able to exhibit such calm, selflessness, and fortitude in picking up the pieces. Blending history, science, and gripping storytelling, Strong in the Rain vividly explores the country beyond the headlines,as well as the personal and national stories behind the earthquake. Following the narratives of six individuals, including a worker in the Fukushima nuclear plant who returned to work during the meltdown and the mayor of a coastal town who stayed round the clock on the job without knowing the fate of his family, it offers a glimpse of the surprising ways the Japanese people stood strong in the face of disaster.

Cuprins

Prologue
1. March 11, 2:46 p.m. – The Quake
2. March 11, 3:10 p.m. – The Tsunami
3. March 11, 3:15 p.m. – Close the Gate!
4. March 12, 3:36 p.m. – No. 1 Reactor Blows
5. March 13, 1:52 p.m. – No. 3 Reactor Radiation Overload
6. March 15, 10:22 a.m. – Radiation Levels Critical
7. March 16, 4:30 p.m. – The Emperor's Speech
8. March 18 – 'Flyjin'
9. March 20 – Departures
10. March 27-April 6 – Help us Please!
11. March 28 – 'Tohoku Damashi'
12. Lives in Limbo

Recenzii

'Birmingham and McNeill have created a compassionate and important book which both gives valuable information about one of the most important events of the last few years, and helps call to account both the Japanese government and TEPCO...Strongly recommended.' -The Book Bag

Notă biografică

Lucy Birmingham is Time magazine’s Tokyo-based reporter and covered the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Since coming to Japan in the mid-1980s, her articles have appeared in Bloomberg News, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She is also an editor and scriptwriter for NHK, Japan’s national television and radio broadcaster. A board member of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, she lives in Tokyo.
David McNeill is the Japan correspondent for The Independent and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He writes for The Irish Times and The Japan Times, while teaching at Sophia University in Tokyo. His work has appeared in Newsweek, New Scientist, Marie Claire, International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, and on the BBC. He lives in Tokyo.

Caracteristici

Both authors are based out of Japan and experienced first-hand the March 2011 earthquake and the Japanese response to the devastating tsunami that followed. Theyhave direct experience with the nation's ability to pull itself together, even in the midst of widespread death and grief, and this will inform the narrative
Anyone interested in this moving story about hope and survival after one of the deadliest natural disasters of the 21st century 
With environmental issues on worldwide agendas, this book shows the real impact of a nuclear disaster where the full consequences are not yet truly known