Flood : nature and culture / / John Withington

• Autore: Withington John
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 704.949551489
• Soggetto topico: Floods; Floods in literature; Floods - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Flood; Imprint Page; Contents; Foreword; 1. Myth ; 2. Reality ; 3. Description: Floods in Literature; 4. Depiction: Floods in Art and Films ; 5. Defence ; 6. Defeat? ; Postscript; Notable Floods; References; Select Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From the flood that remade the earth in the Old Testament to the 1931 China floods that killed almost four million people, from the broken levees in New Orleans to the almost yearly rising waters of rivers like the Mississippi, floods have many causes: rain, melting ice, storms, tsunamis, failures of dams and levees, acts of vengeful gods. They have been used as deliberate acts of war to cause thousands of casualties. Flooding kills far more people than any other natural disaster. In this cultural and natural history of floods, John Withington tells stories of the deadliest floods the world ha
• Titolo autorizzato: Flood
• ISBN: 1-78023-209-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787037003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))