Drought and the human story : braving the bull of heaven /

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Drought has been a long companion in the human story. Mythologised as the devastating Bull of Heaven in one of the earliest heroic legends to come out of Mesapotamia, drought has continued to wreak havoc upon societies, in many cases playing a significant role in their final demise. For societies in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heathcote, R. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2013.
Temas:
Droughts > History.
Droughts > Social aspects > History.
Human ecology > History.
World history.
Sécheresses > Histoire.
Sécheresses > Aspect social > Histoire.
Histoire universelle.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Droughts.
Droughts > Social aspects.
Human ecology.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Drought in World History
  • Defining Drought
  • Documenting Drought
  • The Causes of Drought
  • The Scope of Drought Impacts
  • Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts
  • Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
  • Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards?
  • Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community
  • The Scientists and Drought
  • The Coming Droughts.

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