01884cam a2200337 a 4500 743449 BD-DhUL 20170423152317.0 001103s2000 wlkafo b 001 0 eng d 00455406 GBA1-4068 186057033X 743449 DLC eng BD-DhUL DLC OrLoB-B WlAbNL e-uk-wl TN808 .G62 M35 2000 363.348094294 21 363.3480942975 21 812 21 MIL McLean, Iain. The price / Cardiff : Welsh Academic Press, 2000. xiv, 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-266) and index. The Last Day Before Half-Term -- On Moles and the Habits of Birds: The Unpolitics of Aberfan -- Uneasy Relationships: The Aberfan Disaster, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Local Politics -- Aberfan and Other Disasters -- The Management of Trauma -- Regulating Gifts of Generosity: Disaster Funds -- The Price of Life: Bereavement Damages -- Holding Corporations to Account -- Government and Disaster. "The events at Aberfan on the morning of 21 October 1966, when 116 children and 28 adults died in a sea of slurry following the collapse of a coal tip, will forever be etched in the memories of the people of the industrial valleys of South Wales." "In addition to explaining how the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible, Aberfan: Government & Disasters explains how all the organisations that should have protected the public interest, and specifically the interests of the people of Aberfan, failed to do so."--BOOK JACKET. Spoil bank failures Wales Johnes, Martin. ddc BK ANL YY 363.348094294 M163 191243 191243 0 0 ddc 0 363_348094294000000 1 REF 327767 DUL DUL ASC 2017-04-23 Gift 363.348094294 367592 2017-04-23 2017-04-23 BK