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This book is a multidisciplinary study of the Indian Ocean region,
bringing together perspectives from the disciplines of history,
defense and strategic studies, cultural and religious studies, and
environmental studies. From the earliest exchanges through Sumerian
and Harappan trade, to emerging geopolitical alliances in the
twenty-first century, this volume demonstrates both the continuity
and change of the region as well as its unity and diversity. The
expanse of this ocean and its littoral rim is connected through the
social imaginary, which enables these processes. It is with the
stories of the peoples inhabiting this rim that this book is
concerned-told both through micro studies of the everyday lives of
the region's people and through macro studies centered around
civilizations, empires, nation-states, and climate change.
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.
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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