Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses
Case Studies toward a Global Environmental History
Herausgeber: Mauch, Christof; Pfister, Christian
Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses
Case Studies toward a Global Environmental History
Herausgeber: Mauch, Christof; Pfister, Christian
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This is the first global history of natural catastrophes. It brings together some of the best scholars from different continents and different disciplines to discuss human responses to natural catastrophes.
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This is the first global history of natural catastrophes. It brings together some of the best scholars from different continents and different disciplines to discuss human responses to natural catastrophes.
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- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Seitenzahl: 396
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 792g
- ISBN-13: 9780739124154
- ISBN-10: 0739124153
- Artikelnr.: 25695207
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Books on Demand GmbH
- In de Tarpen 42
- 22848 Norderstedt
- info@bod.de
- 040 53433511
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Seitenzahl: 396
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2009
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 792g
- ISBN-13: 9780739124154
- ISBN-10: 0739124153
- Artikelnr.: 25695207
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Books on Demand GmbH
- In de Tarpen 42
- 22848 Norderstedt
- info@bod.de
- 040 53433511
Christof Mauch is Chair in North American History and Transatlantic Relations at the Amerika-Institut of Munich University. Christian Pfister is a professor in the Department of Economic, Social, and Environmental History at the Institute of History, University of Bern.
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. Learning from Nature-induced Disasters:
Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies from Western Europe Chapter 3
2. Disaster and Political Culture in Germany Since 1500 Chapter 4 3. Summer
Frost: A Natural Hazard with Fatal Consequences in Preindustrial Finland
Chapter 5 4. Society and Natural Risks in France, 1500-2000: Changing
Historical Perspectives Chapter 6 5. Humanitarianism and Colonialism:
Religious Responses to the Algerian Drought and Famine of 1866-1870 Chapter
7 6. The Floods of Baghdad: Cultural and Technological Responses Chapter 8
7. Interpreting Earthquakes in Medieval Islamic Texts Chapter 9 8. Famine
in Bengal: A Comparison of the 1770 Famine in Bengal and the 1897 Famine in
Chotanagpur Chapter 10 9. "Heaven-Sent" Disasters in Late-Imperial China:
The Scope of the State and Beyond Chapter 11 10. Cultures of Disaster,
Cultures of Coping: Hazard as a Frequent Life Experience in the Philippines
Chapter 12 11. The Parana River Floods during the Spanish-Colonial Period:
Impact and Responses Chapter 13 12. Documenting Disaster: Archival
Investigations of Climate, Crisis, and Catastrophe in Colonial Mexico
Chapter 14 13. American Disasters during the Twentieth Century: The Case of
New Jersey Chapter 15 Afterword
Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies from Western Europe Chapter 3
2. Disaster and Political Culture in Germany Since 1500 Chapter 4 3. Summer
Frost: A Natural Hazard with Fatal Consequences in Preindustrial Finland
Chapter 5 4. Society and Natural Risks in France, 1500-2000: Changing
Historical Perspectives Chapter 6 5. Humanitarianism and Colonialism:
Religious Responses to the Algerian Drought and Famine of 1866-1870 Chapter
7 6. The Floods of Baghdad: Cultural and Technological Responses Chapter 8
7. Interpreting Earthquakes in Medieval Islamic Texts Chapter 9 8. Famine
in Bengal: A Comparison of the 1770 Famine in Bengal and the 1897 Famine in
Chotanagpur Chapter 10 9. "Heaven-Sent" Disasters in Late-Imperial China:
The Scope of the State and Beyond Chapter 11 10. Cultures of Disaster,
Cultures of Coping: Hazard as a Frequent Life Experience in the Philippines
Chapter 12 11. The Parana River Floods during the Spanish-Colonial Period:
Impact and Responses Chapter 13 12. Documenting Disaster: Archival
Investigations of Climate, Crisis, and Catastrophe in Colonial Mexico
Chapter 14 13. American Disasters during the Twentieth Century: The Case of
New Jersey Chapter 15 Afterword
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. Learning from Nature-induced Disasters:
Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies from Western Europe Chapter 3
2. Disaster and Political Culture in Germany Since 1500 Chapter 4 3. Summer
Frost: A Natural Hazard with Fatal Consequences in Preindustrial Finland
Chapter 5 4. Society and Natural Risks in France, 1500-2000: Changing
Historical Perspectives Chapter 6 5. Humanitarianism and Colonialism:
Religious Responses to the Algerian Drought and Famine of 1866-1870 Chapter
7 6. The Floods of Baghdad: Cultural and Technological Responses Chapter 8
7. Interpreting Earthquakes in Medieval Islamic Texts Chapter 9 8. Famine
in Bengal: A Comparison of the 1770 Famine in Bengal and the 1897 Famine in
Chotanagpur Chapter 10 9. "Heaven-Sent" Disasters in Late-Imperial China:
The Scope of the State and Beyond Chapter 11 10. Cultures of Disaster,
Cultures of Coping: Hazard as a Frequent Life Experience in the Philippines
Chapter 12 11. The Parana River Floods during the Spanish-Colonial Period:
Impact and Responses Chapter 13 12. Documenting Disaster: Archival
Investigations of Climate, Crisis, and Catastrophe in Colonial Mexico
Chapter 14 13. American Disasters during the Twentieth Century: The Case of
New Jersey Chapter 15 Afterword
Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies from Western Europe Chapter 3
2. Disaster and Political Culture in Germany Since 1500 Chapter 4 3. Summer
Frost: A Natural Hazard with Fatal Consequences in Preindustrial Finland
Chapter 5 4. Society and Natural Risks in France, 1500-2000: Changing
Historical Perspectives Chapter 6 5. Humanitarianism and Colonialism:
Religious Responses to the Algerian Drought and Famine of 1866-1870 Chapter
7 6. The Floods of Baghdad: Cultural and Technological Responses Chapter 8
7. Interpreting Earthquakes in Medieval Islamic Texts Chapter 9 8. Famine
in Bengal: A Comparison of the 1770 Famine in Bengal and the 1897 Famine in
Chotanagpur Chapter 10 9. "Heaven-Sent" Disasters in Late-Imperial China:
The Scope of the State and Beyond Chapter 11 10. Cultures of Disaster,
Cultures of Coping: Hazard as a Frequent Life Experience in the Philippines
Chapter 12 11. The Parana River Floods during the Spanish-Colonial Period:
Impact and Responses Chapter 13 12. Documenting Disaster: Archival
Investigations of Climate, Crisis, and Catastrophe in Colonial Mexico
Chapter 14 13. American Disasters during the Twentieth Century: The Case of
New Jersey Chapter 15 Afterword