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Languages : en
Pages : 782
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Verslag der feestelijke viering van de 25e algemeene vergadering der Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des boekhandels
Author: Vereniging ter bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels (AMSTERDAM)Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : nl
Pages : 96
Book Description
Disasters and History
Author: Bas van BavelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108752381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to social groups, ethnicity and gender. They also demonstrate how studying past disasters, including earthquakes, droughts, floods and epidemics, can provide a lens through which to understand the social, economic and political functioning of past societies and reveal features of a society which may otherwise remain hidden from view. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Genus Matucana
Author: Rob BregmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9789054106388
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
An analysis of the genus Matucana, a popular group of Peruvian cacti. The section on systematics emphasizes seed morphology, because of its phylogenetic significance. The genus is proposed as consisting of 19 species, all of which are described and depicted, including SEM micrographs of seeds.
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Author: Ben WisnerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113691868X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1191
Book Description
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools. Organized into five inter-related sections, this Handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. Section one situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context. Section two contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system. Section three critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery. Section four addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation. Section five ends with a concluding chapter by the editors. The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. This Handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies.
Cacti and succulents
Author: The Cultural Life of Catastrophes and Crises
Author: Carsten MeinerPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 311028295X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Catastrophes and crises are exceptions. They are disruptions of order. In various ways and to different degrees, they change and subvert what we regard as normal. They may occur on a personal level in the form of traumatic or stressful situations, on a social level in the form of unstable political, financial or religious situations, or on a global level in the form of environmental states of emergency. The main assumption in this book is that, in contrast to the directness of any given catastrophe and its obvious physical, economical and psychological consequences our understanding of catastrophes and crises is shaped by our cultural imagination. No matter in which eruptive and traumatizing form we encounter them, our collective repertoire of symbolic forms, historical sensibilities, modes of representation, and patterns of imagination determine how we identify, analyze and deal with catastrophes and crises.This book presents a series of articles investigating how we address and interpret catastrophes and crises in film, literature, art and theory, ranging from Voltaire’s eighteenth-century Europe, haunted by revolutions and earthquakes, to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to the bleak, prophetic landscapes of Cormac McCarthy.
Memory in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
Author: Judith PollmannPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192518151
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
For early modern Europeans, the past was a measure of most things, good and bad. For that reason it was also hotly contested, manipulated, and far too important to be left to historians alone. Memory in Early Modern Europe offers a lively and accessible introduction to the many ways in which Europeans engaged with the past and 'practised' memory in the three centuries between 1500 and 1800. From childhood memories and local customs to war traumas and peacekeeping , it analyses how Europeans tried to control, mobilize and reconfigure memories of the past. Challenging the long-standing view that memory cultures transformed around 1800, it argues for the continued relevance of early modern memory practices in modern societies.
Acts of God
Author: Theodore SteinbergPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195309683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property.
Author: Bruce Bayer