{"product_id":"9780522856491","title":"Disasters That Changed Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003eMismanagement and poor planning made Cyclone Tracy and the Black Friday bushfires far more destructive and deadly than they should have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVital natural resources were carelessly destroyed, from thousands of years ago to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Snowy Mountains Scheme and the Australian Institute of Sport bought national pride at ruinous expense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish General Douglas Haig, through sheer arrogance and determination, sent thousands of Australian soldiers to their deaths for no strategic gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA feral legion of rabbits let loose on the environment turned furry friends into an uncontrollable plague.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Disaster that Changed Australia, Richard Evans nominates the worst disasters in an engrossing, insightful account of what happened and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and Historian Richard Evans is the author of The Pyjama Girl Mystery: A True of Murder, Obsession and Lies, and co-author of Constructing Australia. He has a PhD in History from Monash University, and works as a Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melbourne University Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009163149552,"sku":"9780522856491","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780522856491_p0.jpg?v=1763710434","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780522856491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}