03294nam 2200661 450 991078661830332120230126213244.01-315-57423-31-317-15964-01-317-15963-21-4724-2005-5(CKB)3710000000186235(EBL)1734073(SSID)ssj0001261645(PQKBManifestationID)11732590(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001261645(PQKBWorkID)11205546(PQKB)10632200(MiAaPQ)EBC1734073(EXLCZ)99371000000018623520140722h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoping with crisis the resilience and vulnerability of pre-industrial settlements /Daniel R. CurtisSurrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (404 p.)Rural Worlds: Economic, Social and Cultural Histories of Agricultures and Rural SocietiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-43265-1 1-4724-2004-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexAll 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 proved more vulnerable to crisis. This book has been stimulated by the hypotheses put forward by a recent 'disaster studies' literature, which suggests that vulnerability of habitation is less to do with the crises themselves, but on endogenous societal responses. By testing the explanatory framework on several societies between the Middle Ages and nineteenth-century Europe, it is arguedRural Worlds: Economic, Social and Cultural Histories of Agricultures and Rural SocietiesCrisis managementEuropeHistoryOrganizational resilienceEuropeHistoryDisastersSocial aspectsEuropeHistoryCommunitiesEuropeHistoryEuropeRural conditionsHistoryCrisis managementHistory.Organizational resilienceHistory.DisastersSocial aspectsHistory.CommunitiesHistory.307.7209307.72094/0902307.720940902Curtis Daniel R.740096MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786618303321Coping with crisis1466877UNINA