Title Disasters and history : the vulnerability and resilience of past societies / Bas van Bavel, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Daniel R Curtis, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Jessica Dijkman, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Matthew Hannaford, University of Lincoln, Maïka De Keyzer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Eline van Onacker, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, Tim Soens, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Description	1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to history, showing how we can use history to better understand how societies deal with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. Despite growing recognition of the importance of historical depth by scholars investigating disasters, the temporal dimensions of disasters have been underexploited up to now. Moreover, the historical record sometimes enables us to make a long-term reconstruction of the social, economic and cultural effects of hazards and shocks simply not possible in contemporary disaster studies material. We can therefore use 'the past' as a laboratory to test hypotheses of relevance to the present in a careful way. History lends itself towards this end because of the opportunity it offers to identify distinct and divergent social and environmental patterns and trajectories. We can compare the drivers and constraints of societal responses to shocks spatially and chronologically, and therefore enrich our understanding of responses to stress today"-- Provided by publisher.
Note	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2020).
Subject	Emergency management -- Research.
	Disasters -- History.
	Natural disasters -- Research.
	Hazard mitigation -- Research.
	Disasters. (OCoLC)fst00894782
	Emergency management -- Research. (OCoLC)fst00908524
	Natural disasters -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01034018
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Bavel, B. J. P. van, 1964- editor.
	Curtis, Daniel R., editor.
	Dijkman, Jessica, editor.
	Hannaford, Matthew, editor.
	Keyzer, Maïka de, editor.
	Van Onacker, Eline, editor.
	Soens, Tim, editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Disasters and history Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108477178 (DLC) 2020021605
ISBN	9781108569743 electronic book
	1108569749 electronic book
	9781108477178 hardcover
	9781108702119 paperback

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