Natural disasters repeatedly beset the Dutch Republic during the eighteenth century and coincided with environmental, political, economic, and social changes many characterized as decline. This book explores the connections between disasters and Dutch decline and uncovers lessons these eighteenth-century experiences offer for the present.
Natural disasters repeatedly beset the Dutch Republic during the eighteenth century and coincided with environmental, political, economic, and social changes many characterized as decline. This book explores the connections between disasters and Dutch decline and uncovers lessons these eighteenth-century experiences offer for the present.
Adam Sundberg is an associate professor of History at Creighton University. His work has appeared in Environmental History, Dutch Crossing, and The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Rampjaar reconsidered 2. 'Disasters in the year of peace': The first cattle plague, 1713-1720 3. 'The fattened land turned to salted ground': The Christmas flood of 1717 in Groningen 4. A plague from the sea: The shipworm epidemic, 1730-1735 5.'Increasingly numerous and higher floods': The river floods of 1740-41 6. 'From a love of humanity and comfort for the fatherland': The second cattle plague, 1744-1764 7. The twin faces of calamity: Lessons of decline and disaster.
Introduction 1. Rampjaar reconsidered 2. 'Disasters in the year of peace': The first cattle plague, 1713-1720 3. 'The fattened land turned to salted ground': The Christmas flood of 1717 in Groningen 4. A plague from the sea: The shipworm epidemic, 1730-1735 5.'Increasingly numerous and higher floods': The river floods of 1740-41 6. 'From a love of humanity and comfort for the fatherland': The second cattle plague, 1744-1764 7. The twin faces of calamity: Lessons of decline and disaster.
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