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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Wreckage upon Wreckage

Chapter 1. A Critical Disaster Studies Framework
Chapter 2. The Everyday and the Systemic
Chapter 3. Rhythm, Rift, and Conjuncture
Chapter 4. Time and Life in the Precarious Present
Chapter 5. Modernity, Development, and Underdevelopment
Chapter 6. Humanitarianism
Chapter 7. The Lāhainā Wildfires of 2023: A Case Study

Conclusion: Disasters, Imperialism and the Climate Emergency

References
Index

Capitalism and Catastrophe

A Critical Disaster Studies Manifesto

Raja Swamy

190 pages, bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-83695-001-1 Hb Published (June 2025)

eISBN 978-1-83695-002-8
web ISBN 978-1-83695-002-8