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Autore |
Curtis Daniel R. |
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Titolo |
Coping with crisis : the resilience and vulnerability of pre-industrial settlements / / Daniel R. Curtis |
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Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-15964-0 |
1-317-15963-2 |
1-4724-2005-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (404 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rural Worlds: Economic, Social and Cultural Histories of Agricultures and Rural Societies |
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Disciplina |
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307.7209 |
307.72094/0902 |
307.720940902 |
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Soggetti |
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Crisis management - Europe - History |
Organizational resilience - Europe - History |
Disasters - Social aspects - Europe - History |
Communities - Europe - History |
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Europe Rural conditions History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Abbreviations and Contractions; Measurements; 1 Defining Settlement 'Resilience' and 'Vulnerability' and Introducing the Historiography; 2 The Theoretical Framework; 3 Parasite or Stimulant?; 4 Settlement Decline before the Black Death?; 5 Village Communities and Commercialisation; 6 A North Sea Coastal Area Under Pressure of Land Consolidation; 7 Exploring Long-Term Inequality and Agro-Towns in the Kingdom of Naples, 1600-1900; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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All pre-industrial societies had to face certain challenges: earthquakes, plague, warfare, soil erosion and subsistence crises. However, while some settlements were stable over the long term, other settlements |
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