Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses - Case Studies Toward a Global Environmental History

Informationen zum Autor Greg Bankoff is emeritus professor of modern history, University of Hull, UK. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Christof Mauch, Christof (EDT)/ Pfister Mauch
• Assisted by: Christof Mauch (Editor), Mauch Christof (Editor), Christian Pfister (Editor), Pfister Christian (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2009
• EAN: 9780739124161
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2416-1
• No. of pages: 382
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Series: German Historical Institute St
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Travel > Sports and active travel > World, Arctic, Antarctic; NATURE / Natural Disasters, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Environmental Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, General & world history, Social & cultural anthropology, Natural disasters