Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses Case Studies toward a Global Environmental History

, by Mauch, Christof; Pfister, Christian; Akasoy, Anna A.; Bankoff, Greg; Damodaran, Vinita; Davies, Sarah J.; Endfield, Georgina H.; Favier, René; Tejedo, Isabel Fernandez; Granet-Abisset, Anne-Marie; Janku, Andrea; Mauelshagen, Franz; Metcalfe, Sarah E.; Mit

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ISBN: 9780739124154 | 0739124153
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/16/2009

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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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List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Learning from Nature-Induced Disasters: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies from Western Europe	p. 17
Disaster and Political Culture in Germany since 1500	p. 41
Summer Frost: A Natural Hazard with Fatal Consequences in Preindustrial Finland	p. 77
Society and Natural Risks in France, 1500-2000: Changing Historical Perspectives	p. 103
Humanitarianism and Colonialism: Religious Responses to the Algerian Drought and Famine of 1866-1870	p. 137
The Floods of Baghdad: Cultural and Technological Responses	p. 165
Interpreting Earthquakes in Medieval Islamic Texts	p. 183
Famine in Bengal: A Comparison of the 1770 Famine in Bengal and the 1897 Famine in Chotanagpur	p. 197
"Heaven-Sent Disasters" in Late Imperial China: The Scope of the State and Beyond	p. 233
Cultures of Disaster, Cultures of Coping: Hazard as a Frequent Life Experience in the Philippines	p. 265
The Parana River Floods during the Spanish Colonial Period: Impact and Responses	p. 285
Documenting Disaster: Archival Investigations of Climate, Crisis, and Catastrophe in Colonial Mexico	p. 305
American Disasters during the Twentieth Century: The Case of New Jersey	p. 327
Afterword	p. 355
Index	p. 361
About the Contributors	p. 379
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