Erikson subsequently studied a number of disasters in the context of their sociological implications , including the nuclear fallout in the Marshall Islands in 1954 ; the Buffalo Creek flood in West Virginia in 1972 ( resulting in the award-winning 1978 book '' Everything In Its Path '' ) ; the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979 ; the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 ; and the genocide in Yugoslavia of 1992 to 1995
Buffalo Creek flood
Buffalo Creek flood
Kai T. Erikson