Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times Cultural Responses to Catastrophes

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Disasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with news about the cataclysmic effects of recent forest fires,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: van Asperen, Hanneke (Editor), Jensen, Lotte (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2023
Series:Disaster Studies.
Subjects:
Natural disasters > History.
Disasters > History.
Emergency management > History.
Social and cultural history.
Social impact of disasters.
HISTORY / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events *
NATURE / Natural Disasters.
Disasters.
Emergency management.
Natural disasters.
Cultural studies.
History: specific events and topics.
History, Art History, and Archaeology
HIS
Cultural Studies
CULTURAL
Early Modern Studies
EARLY MOD
Environment and Sustainability
ENVIR & SUST
Modern History
MOD HIS
Disasters, culture, representation, identity, history
History.
Online Access:Texto completo

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