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Disaster And Human History
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Author : Benjamin Reilly
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-04-29
Disaster And Human History written by Benjamin Reilly and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-29 with Social Science categories.
Human history is periodically punctuated by natural disasters, from Vesuvius' eruption to the modern-day Covid-19 pandemic. Volcanoes have buried entire cities, earthquakes have reduced structures to smoldering ruins. Floods and cyclones have wreaked havoc on river valleys and coastlines, and desertification and climate change have weakened society's underpinnings. Death tolls are often escalated by starvation and illness, which frequently occur in tandem. This second edition assesses natural disasters on human society and the effect of strategies developed to reduce their impact. This book addresses the interconnectivity of disaster and human responsibility through 23 updated case studies, including a new chapter on the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami and the ensuing Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Disaster And Human History
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Author : Benjamin Reilly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Disaster And Human History written by Benjamin Reilly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Human beings categories.
"This book examines the relationship between mankind and the natural environment through the lens of natural disasters, where the interaction between humanity and its environment comes into sharpest focus. The text achieves this goal through the examination of 22 case studies spanning the last 150 years"--Provided by publisher.
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.
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.
The 12 Worst Human Made Disasters Of All Time
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Author : Susan Hamen
language : en
Publisher: All-Time Worst Disasters
Release Date : 2019-01-15
The 12 Worst Human Made Disasters Of All Time written by Susan Hamen and has been published by All-Time Worst Disasters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Disasters are fascinating, awe-inspiring, and scary, all at the same time. Lean the facts about many of the worst disasters in human history. Then get some tips on how to prepare for disasters and stay safe.
Great Disasters And Horrors In The World S History
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Author : Allen Howard Godbey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Great Disasters And Horrors In The World S History written by Allen Howard Godbey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Disasters categories.
Acts Of God
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Author : Theodore Steinberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2000
Acts Of God written by Theodore Steinberg and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Confronting the often contentious issue of humanity's impact on the environment, the author offers shocking new evidence that many recent "natural disasters" were in fact influenced by human activity.
Fury Of Natural Disasters
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Author : Nancy Williams
language : en
Publisher: Epitome Books
Release Date :
Fury Of Natural Disasters written by Nancy Williams and has been published by Epitome Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Nature categories.
A natural disaster is the consequence of a natural hazard such as volcanic eruption, earthquake or landslide which affect human activities. Human vulnerability, exacerbated by the lack of planning or appropriate emergency management leads to financial, environmental and human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster. Human history is replete with various types of natural disasters, some recent being Tsunami in Indian Ocean, Sichuan earthquake, Orissa super cyclone, and Katrina hurricane in the U.S. This book describes the characteristics and magnitude of these deadly natural disasters, along-with the damages and causalities caused by them as well as their social, economic and environmental impacts. Also, it presents some moving stories survival and rehabilitation.
Earthquakes In Human History
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Author : Jelle Zeilinga de Boer
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-10
Earthquakes In Human History written by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with Nature categories.
On November 1, 1755--All Saints' Day--a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city of Lisbon. Churches collapsed upon thousands of worshippers celebrating the holy day. Earthquakes in Human History tells the story of that calamity and other epic earthquakes. The authors, Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders, recapture the power of their previous book, Volcanoes in Human History. They vividly explain the geological processes responsible for earthquakes, and they describe how these events have had long-lasting aftereffects on human societies and cultures. Their accounts are enlivened with quotations from contemporary literature and from later reports. In the chaos following the Lisbon quake, government and church leaders vied for control. The Marquês de Pombal rose to power and became a virtual dictator. As a result, the Roman Catholic Jesuit Order lost much of its influence in Portugal. Voltaire wrote his satirical work Candide to refute the philosophy of "optimism," the belief that God had created a perfect world. And the 1755 earthquake sparked the search for a scientific understanding of natural disasters. Ranging from an examination of temblors mentioned in the Bible, to a richly detailed account of the 1906 catastrophe in San Francisco, to Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, to the Peruvian earthquake in 1970 (the Western Hemisphere's greatest natural disaster), this book is an unequaled testament to a natural phenomenon that can be not only terrifying but also threatening to humankind's fragile existence, always at risk because of destructive powers beyond our control.
Disaster
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Author : John Withington
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2010-02-16
Disaster written by John Withington and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-16 with History categories.
Tune into the news today, and one would think that human beings were at risk of being wiped from the face of the earth—by tsunamis, earthquakes, swine flu, or terrorism. One could be forgiven for thinking that we are in far more danger today than ever before. The fact of the matter is that danger has always stalked mankind. From ancient volcanoes and floods to the cholera and small pox, to Hitler and Stalin's genocidal murders during the twentieth century, our continued existence has always seemed perilous. Now, out of our horror comes an entertaining and epic journal through the history of disaster. Disaster! offers perspective on today's fears by revealing how dangerous our world has always been. Natural disasters and man-made catastrophes mark every era. Here is the Black Death that killed seventy-five million in Europe and Asia during the 1300s; the 1883 volcanic eruption on Krakatoa; the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century; the Nazi Holocaust; the 1970 storm in Bangladesh, now considered the deadliest in history; and more. Train crashes, air disasters, and shipwrecks litter human history. Sure to scare, inform, and entertain, Disaster! is a book of serious history that is as much fun as any horror film.