Dreadful Visitations - Confronting Natural Catastrophe in the Age of Enlightenment (Paperback)

Throughout history, varying responses to catastrophe have revealed much about a society's cultural and philosophical character. In "Dreadful Visitations," leading scholars of different disciplines examine eighteenth-century responses to natural disaster, showing how human agency played an active role in the creation of destructive circumstances, and how these disasters helped to establish national and moral identities in the Age of Reason.
Contributors: David Arnold, Daniel Gordon, Carla Hesse, George Starr, Alan Taylor, Steven Tobriner and Charles Walker.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	1999
Introduction by:	Alessa Johns
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	198
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-92176-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-415-92176-7
Barcode:	9780415921763

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