Catastrophe and Social Change, Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster

Published in 1920, 'Catastrophe and Social Change' by Samuel Henry Prince examines the sociological impact of the Halifax Disaster of 1917, the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb. The book focuses on the social phenomena surrounding the catastrophe, analyzing individual and group reactions through a sociological lens. It explores the role of catastrophe in social change and the processes of social organization and rehabilitation in the aftermath. Prince's work is notable for being one of the first scientific studies of a major disaster's social effects.