Inventing disaster : the culture of calamity from the Jamestown colony to the Johnstown flood / Cynthia A. Kierner.
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TextPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781469652535
- 1469652536
- 9781469652528
- 1469652528
- Disasters -- North Atlantic Region -- History -- 18th century
- Disasters -- North Atlantic Region -- History -- 19th century
- Disasters -- North Atlantic Region -- History -- 17th century
- Disasters -- Social aspects -- History
- Disasters -- Political aspects -- History
- Catastrophes -- Atlantique Nord, Région de l' -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Catastrophes -- Atlantique Nord, Région de l' -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Catastrophes -- Atlantique Nord, Région de l' -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Catastrophes -- Aspect social -- Histoire
- Catastrophes -- Aspect politique -- Histoire
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- Disasters
- Disasters -- Social aspects
- North Atlantic Region
- 1600-1899
- 303.48/50903 23
- D24 .K54 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Devastation without disaster -- Narrating disaster -- Catastrophe in an age of Enlightenment -- Benevolent empire -- Disaster nation -- Exploding steamboats and the culture of calamity.
"When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, 'Inventing Disaster' explains the origins and development of this predictable, even ritualized, culture of calamity over three centuries, exploring its roots in the revolutions in science, information, and emotion that were part of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe and America"-- Provided by publisher.
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