A Digest Of Some Well Known Disasters
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A Digest Of Some Well Known Disasters
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
A Digest Of Some Well Known Disasters written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Disaster relief categories.
Natural Disasters
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Author : Dougal Dixon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Natural Disasters written by Dougal Dixon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Disasters categories.
Historical Disasters In Context
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Author : Andrea JANKU
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-12-21
Historical Disasters In Context written by Andrea JANKU and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-21 with History categories.
Growing concerns about climate change and the increasing occurrence of ever more devastating natural disasters in some parts of the world and their consequences for human life, not only in the immediately affected regions, but for all of us, have increased our desire to learn more about disaster experiences in the past. How did disaster experiences impact on the development of modern sciences in the early modern era? Why did religion continue to play such an important role in the encounter with disasters, despite the strong trend towards secularization in the modern world? What was the political role of disasters? Historical Disasters in Context illustrates how past societies coped with a threatening environment, how societies changed in response to disaster experiences, and how disaster experiences were processed and communicated, both locally and globally. Particular emphasis is put on the realms of science, religion, and politics. International case studies demonstrate that while there are huge differences across cultures in the way people and societies responded to disasters, there are also many commonalities and interactions between different cultures that have the potential to alter the ways people prepare for and react to disasters in future. To explain these relationships and highlight their significance is the purpose of this volume.
Great Disasters
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Readers Digest
Release Date : 1989
Great Disasters written by and has been published by Readers Digest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Natural disasters. categories.
A comprehensive, historical overview of some of the world's greatest natural disasters captures the power of the human spirit as it triumphs over the floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other calamities
Famous Disasters
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Author : James Wagenvoord
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Famous Disasters written by James Wagenvoord and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Disasters. categories.
Dramatic eyewitness testimony from survivors document such real-life disasters as horrific fires, devastating earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, volcanoes, avalanches, nautical catastrophes, and freakish, unexplained phenomena
Natural Disasters
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Release Date : 1997
Natural Disasters written by and has been published by Reader's Digest Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Nature categories.
Includes material on volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis (tidal waves), landslides, glaciers, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, wildfires, and others.
A History Of Civilization In 50 Disasters History In 50
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Author : Gale Eaton
language : en
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-23
A History Of Civilization In 50 Disasters History In 50 written by Gale Eaton and has been published by Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-23 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
*2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner* The earth shakes and cracks open. Volcanoes erupt. Continents freeze, bake, and flood. Droughts parch the land. Wildfires and hundred-year storms consume anything in their paths. Invisible clouds of disease and pestilence probe for victims. Tidal waves sweep ashore from the vast sea. The natural world is a dangerous place, but one species has evolved a unique defense against the hazards: civilization. Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works—most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on river flood plains, on the slopes of volcanoes, at the edge of the sea, above seismic faults. We pack ourselves into cities, Petri dishes for germs. Civilization thrives on the edge of disaster. And what happens when natural forces meet molasses holding tanks, insecticides, deepwater oil rigs, nuclear power plants? We learn the hard way how to avoid the last disaster—and maybe how to create the next one. What we don’t know can, indeed, hurt us. This book’s white-knuckled journey from antiquity to the present leads us to wonder at times how humankind has survived. And yet, as Author Gale Eaton makes clear, civilization has advanced not just in spite of disasters but in part because of them. Hats off to human resilience, ingenuity, and perseverance! They’ve carried us this far; may they continue to do so into our ever-hazardous future. The History in 50 series explores history by telling thematically linked stories. Each book includes 50 illustrated narrative accounts of people and events—some well-known, others often overlooked—that, together, build a rich connect the-dots mosaic and challenge conventional assumptions about how history unfolds. Dedicated to the premise that history is the greatest story ever told. Includes a mix of “greatest hits” with quirky, surprising, provocative accounts. Challenges readers to think and engage. Includes a glossary of technical terms; sources by chapter; teaching resources as jumping-off points for student research; and endnotes. Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+
Disasters
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Author : Sandra Forty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Disasters written by Sandra Forty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Disasters categories.
Like rubber-neckers at an accident, people can't help but be fascinated by disasters. Is it the massive destruction and gruesome body counts? Or is it the unthinkable terror of the people caught in the middle? Join historian and former journalist Sandra Forty as she chronicles the enormity and horror of some of the most unforgettable disasters in modern history. In Defining Moments: Disasters, the author chronologically describes disasters broadly grouped into six categories: Natural phenomena (earthquakes, volcanoes); pandemics (outbreaks of disease); human error (accidents); ecological disasters (oil spills); bad luck (accidents of fate); and terrorism (mass bombings and random attacks). The book covers the most epic and famous disasters, like the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and the sinking of the Titanic. The reader can also explore the aftermaths of other devastating events like Chernobyl, the Challenger explosion, and the 9/11 attacks, and each disaster is well-documented with astonishing during and after photographs, along with fact boxes that break down the what, where, and when, as well as the outcome and casualties for each tragic event. Defining Moments: Disasters is a fascinating book that makes many of us feel extremely lucky to have escaped the fickle finger of fate.
Natural Disasters Cultural Responses
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Author : Christof Mauch
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2009-03-16
Natural Disasters Cultural Responses written by Christof Mauch and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-16 with Nature categories.
Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters_seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local and global communities. Hollywood has also produced numerous disaster movies in recent years, some of which have become blockbusters. This volume demonstrates that natural catastrophes_earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc._have exercised a vast impact on humans throughout history and in almost every part of the world. It argues that human attitudes toward catastrophes have changed over time. Surprisingly, this has not necessarily led to a reduction of exposure or risk. The organization of the book resembles a journey around the globe_from Europe to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and from the Pacific through South America and Mexico to the United States. While natural disasters appear everywhere on the globe, different cultures, societies, and nations have adopted specific styles for coping with disaster. Indeed, how humans deal with catastrophes depends largely on social and cultural patterns, values, religious belief systems, political institutions, and economic structures. The roles that catastrophes play in society and the meanings they are given vary from one region to the next; they differ_and this is one of the principal arguments of this book_from one cultural, political, and geographic space to the next. The essays collected here help us to understand not only how people in different times throughout history have learned to cope with disaster but also how humans in different parts of the world have developed specific cultural, social, and technological strategies for doing so.
Famous Disasters
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Author : Brenda Apsley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Famous Disasters written by Brenda Apsley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Disasters categories.