LEADER 02692nam 2200397 450 001 9910688215403321 005 20230629062408.0 024 7 $a10.1017/9781108569743 035 $a(CKB)5400000000044039 035 $a(NjHacI)995400000000044039 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000044039 100 $a20230629d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDisasters and history $ethe vulnerability and resilience of past societies /$fedited by B. J. P. van Bavel [and six others] 210 1$aCambridge, United Kingdom :$cCambridge University Press,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 231 pages) 311 $a1-108-70211-2 327 $aPreface -- 1. Introduction: Disasters and History -- 2. Classification and Concepts -- 3. History as a Laboratory: Materials and Methods -- 4. Disaster Preconditions and Pressures -- 5. Disaster Responses -- 6. Effects of Disasters -- 7. Disaster History and/in the Anthropocene. 330 $a"This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to history, showing how we can use history to better understand how societies deal with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. Despite growing recognition of the importance of historical depth by scholars investigating disasters, the temporal dimensions of disasters have been underexploited up to now. Moreover, the historical record sometimes enables us to make a long-term reconstruction of the social, economic and cultural effects of hazards and shocks simply not possible in contemporary disaster studies material. We can therefore use 'the past' as a laboratory to test hypotheses of relevance to the present in a careful way. History lends itself towards this end because of the opportunity it offers to identify distinct and divergent social and environmental patterns and trajectories. We can compare the drivers and constraints of societal responses to shocks spatially and chronologically, and therefore enrich our understanding of responses to stress today"$c-- Provided by publisher. 517 $aDisasters and History 606 $aDisasters$xHistory 606 $aEmergency management$xResearch 615 0$aDisasters$xHistory. 615 0$aEmergency management$xResearch. 676 $a363.3409 702 $aBavel$b B. J. P. van$f1964- 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910688215403321 996 $aDisasters and history$91899805 997 $aUNINA