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Disasters and History - The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies (Hardcover)
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Disasters and History - The Vulnerability and Resilience of Past Societies (Hardcover)
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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.
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