Disasters and History The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies

• Yazar: van Bavel, Bas (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Curtis, Daniel (auth), Dijkman, Jessica (auth), Hannaford, Matthew (auth), De Keyzer, Maïka (auth), Van Onacker, Eline (auth), Soens, Tim (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Konular: History; history; disaster studies
• Online Erişim: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Özet

This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to history, showing how we can use history to better understand how societies deal with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. Second, we introduce historians to the topic of disasters and the field of disaster studies, and explicitly show the relevance of studying past disasters to better understand the social, economic, and political functioning of past societies.

Fiziksel Özellikler

1 electronic resource (244 p.)

ISBN

9781108569743

Erişim

Open Access