Changes in the air : hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the present / / Eleonora Rohland
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Rohland Eleonora
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| Titolo: |
Changes in the air : hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the present / / Eleonora Rohland
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 363.34/9220976335 |
| Soggetto topico: | Hurricanes - Louisiana - New Orleans - History |
| Hurricanes - Social aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans | |
| Soggetto geografico: | New Orleans (La.) History |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Hurricanes, New Orleans, Environmental History, Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, American History, Adaptive Practices |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Hurricane Katrina and the Future of the Past -- Chapter 1. Adaptation, Knowledge, and Hurricanes in History -- Chapter 2. Environmental Learning and Path Dependence -- Chapter 3. Moving out of Harm’s Way -- Chapter 4. Disaster and Social Order -- Chapter 5. Hurricanes vs. “Mass Idleness” -- Chapter 6. To Mandate or Not to Mandate . . . -- Chapter 7. Adaptive Practices, Past and Present -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Hurricanes have been a constant in the history of New Orleans. Since before its settlement as a French colony in the eighteenth century, the land entwined between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River has been lashed by powerful Gulf storms. Time and again, these hurricanes have wrought immeasurable loss and devastation, spurring reinvention and ingenuity on the part of inhabitants. Changes in the Air offers a rich and thoroughly researched history of how hurricanes have shaped and reshaped New Orleans from the colonial era to the present day, focusing on how its residents have adapted to a uniquely unpredictable and destructive environment across more than three centuries. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Changes in the air |
| ISBN: | 1-78533-932-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826599603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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