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Historical Disaster Experiences: Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe

Historical Disaster Experiences: Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe

Schenk, Gerrit Jasper

Paperback

Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Euro

Environmental StudiesGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3319491628
ISBN13: 9783319491622
Publisher: Springer
Published: Mar 27 2017
Pages: 436
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Historical disaster research is still a young field. This book discusses the experiences of natural disasters in different cultures, from Europe across the Near East to Asia. It focuses on the pre-industrial era and on the question of similarities, differences and transcultural dynamics in the cultural handling of natural disasters. Which long-lasting cultural patterns of perception, interpretation and handling of disasters can be determined? Have specific types of disasters changed the affected societies? What have people learned from disasters and what not? What adaptation and coping strategies existed? Which natural, societal and economic parameters play a part? The book not only reveals the historical depth of present practices, but also reveals possible comparisons that show globalization processes, entanglements and exchanges of ideas and practices in pre-modern times.

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