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Catastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept / / edited by Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen
| Catastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept / / edited by Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - History
Disasters - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
3-11-037377-7
3-11-031258-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Killen, Andreas / Lebovic, Nitzan -- The Storyteller and the Seismograph / Coen, Deborah R. -- "Unity, Plasticity, Catastrophe: Order and Pathology in the Cybernetic Era" / Bates, David W. -- The Last Man: The Birth of Modern Apocalypse in Jean Paul, John Martin, and Lord Byron / Horn, Eva -- Accidents happen: The Industrial Accident in Interwar Germany / Killen, Andreas -- German Jewish Judges and the Permanent State of Catastrophe / Lebovic, Nitzan -- Ending Time and again in Ruins: Catastrophe and its Discontents in Jewish Theology / Kavka, Martin -- The Obscenity of Objectivity: Post-Holocaust Anti-Semitism and the Invention-Discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Herzog, Dagmar -- Kata and/or Streiphen?: Climate Change and the Politics of Catastrophe / Battistoni, Alyssa -- Anticipating the Climate Catastrophe / Dörries, Matthias -- Conclusion -- The Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453824903321 |
| Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept / / edited by Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen
| Catastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept / / edited by Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - History
Disasters - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
3-11-037377-7
3-11-031258-1 |
| Classificazione | AR 14120 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Killen, Andreas / Lebovic, Nitzan -- The Storyteller and the Seismograph / Coen, Deborah R. -- "Unity, Plasticity, Catastrophe: Order and Pathology in the Cybernetic Era" / Bates, David W. -- The Last Man: The Birth of Modern Apocalypse in Jean Paul, John Martin, and Lord Byron / Horn, Eva -- Accidents happen: The Industrial Accident in Interwar Germany / Killen, Andreas -- German Jewish Judges and the Permanent State of Catastrophe / Lebovic, Nitzan -- Ending Time and again in Ruins: Catastrophe and its Discontents in Jewish Theology / Kavka, Martin -- The Obscenity of Objectivity: Post-Holocaust Anti-Semitism and the Invention-Discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Herzog, Dagmar -- Kata and/or Streiphen?: Climate Change and the Politics of Catastrophe / Battistoni, Alyssa -- Anticipating the Climate Catastrophe / Dörries, Matthias -- Conclusion -- The Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790958203321 |
| Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept / / edited by Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen
| Catastrophes : a history and theory of an operative concept / / edited by Nitzan Lebovic and Andreas Killen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - History
Disasters - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
3-11-037377-7
3-11-031258-1 |
| Classificazione | AR 14120 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Killen, Andreas / Lebovic, Nitzan -- The Storyteller and the Seismograph / Coen, Deborah R. -- "Unity, Plasticity, Catastrophe: Order and Pathology in the Cybernetic Era" / Bates, David W. -- The Last Man: The Birth of Modern Apocalypse in Jean Paul, John Martin, and Lord Byron / Horn, Eva -- Accidents happen: The Industrial Accident in Interwar Germany / Killen, Andreas -- German Jewish Judges and the Permanent State of Catastrophe / Lebovic, Nitzan -- Ending Time and again in Ruins: Catastrophe and its Discontents in Jewish Theology / Kavka, Martin -- The Obscenity of Objectivity: Post-Holocaust Anti-Semitism and the Invention-Discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Herzog, Dagmar -- Kata and/or Streiphen?: Climate Change and the Politics of Catastrophe / Battistoni, Alyssa -- Anticipating the Climate Catastrophe / Dörries, Matthias -- Conclusion -- The Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825752703321 |
| Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : de Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times : Cultural Responses to Catastrophes
| Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times : Cultural Responses to Catastrophes |
| Autore | Asperen Hanneke van |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JensenLotte |
| Collana | Disaster Studies |
| ISBN | 90-485-5770-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910723700703321 |
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| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times : Cultural Responses to Catastrophes
| Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times : Cultural Responses to Catastrophes |
| Autore | Asperen Hanneke van |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JensenLotte |
| Collana | Disaster Studies |
| ISBN | 90-485-5770-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996543158603316 |
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| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Disasters and history : the vulnerability and resilience of past societies / / edited by B. J. P. van Bavel [and six others]
| Disasters and history : the vulnerability and resilience of past societies / / edited by B. J. P. van Bavel [and six others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters - History
Emergency management - Research |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Disasters and History |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910688215403321 |
| Cambridge, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disasters and history : the vulnerability and resilience of past societies / / Bas van Bavel, Daniel R Curtis, Jessica Dijkman, Matthew Hannaford, Maïka De Keyzer, Eline van Onacker, Tim Soens
| Disasters and history : the vulnerability and resilience of past societies / / Bas van Bavel, Daniel R Curtis, Jessica Dijkman, Matthew Hannaford, Maïka De Keyzer, Eline van Onacker, Tim Soens |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Emergency management - Research
Hazard mitigation - Research Natural disasters - Research Disasters - History |
| ISBN |
1-108-75215-2
1-108-75238-1 1-108-56974-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Disasters & History |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910433249303321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Historical Disaster Experiences : Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe / / edited by Gerrit Jasper Schenk
| Historical Disaster Experiences : Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe / / edited by Gerrit Jasper Schenk |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 436 p. 121 illus., 44 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Collana | Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
| Soggetto topico |
Cultural studies
Natural disasters Civilization—History Cultural Studies Natural Hazards Cultural History |
| ISBN | 3-319-49163-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: State of Research, Concepts and Methods -- Historical Disaster Experiences: First Steps towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters across Asia and Europe in the Pre-industrial Era -- Living with Hazard: Disaster Subcultures, Disaster Cultures and Risk-Mitigating Strategies -- Part II: Materiality of Disasters: Natural Impact, Social Experience -- Several Natural Disasters in the Middle East (at the Beginning of the Eleventh Century) and their Consequences -- Fanāʾ and Fasād: Perceptions and Concepts of Crises and Disasters in Fourteenth-century Egypt -- The Black Death and Human Impact on the Environment -- The day the sun turned blue. A volcanic eruption in the early 1460s and its possible climatic impact – a natural disaster perceived globally in the late Middle Ages? -- Cultural Implications of Natural Disasters: Historical Reports of the Volcano Eruption of July, 1256 A.D -- When Europe was burning. The multi-seasonal mega-drought of 1540 and the arsonist paranoia -- Part III: Heaven and Earth: Searching for Reasons -- Assur will suffer: Predicting disaster in Ancient Egypt -- ‘Natural’ Disasters in the Arabic Astro-meteorological Malhama Handbooks -- Tracing the Will of the Stars: Indian Astrology and Divination about Natural Disasters and Threats -- Explaining the Bihar Earthquake of 1934: The Role of Science, Astrology and ‘Rumours’ -- Part IV: Urban Experience: Earthquakes and Fire -- The 1173/1759 Earthquake in Damascus and the Continuation of Architectural Tradition -- Living with Disaster: Aleppo and the Earthquake of 1822 -- ‘The Great Fire in Cairo of 1321’ – Interactions between Nature and Society -- Perceiving Urban Fire Regimes in Europe and China, 1830s to 1870s: British Fire Insurance Businesses and the Sudden Challenge of Globalisation -- Part V: Frequent Experience and Adaptations: Floods and Landscapes of Defence -- Economic adaptation to risky environment in the late Middle Ages. The case of the ‘accrues’ of the Doubs in Chaussin (Jura, France) from c. 1370 to c. 1500 -- Measuring ‘disaster’? The ‘everydayness’ of fluvial landscapes and the colonial state in Gangetic diaras, 1790s-1880s -- When the ‘Deluge’ Happened: The Flood of 1929 in the Surma-Barak Valley of Colonial Assam -- Alpine landscapes of defence – On modern-vernacular avalanche protection systems in the Swiss Alps. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910252708403321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers
| Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers |
| Autore | Penna Anthony N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.3409
904 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RiversJennifer S |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental disasters - History
Environmental disasters -- History HISTORY / General Natural disasters - Environmental aspects Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects Natural disasters - History Natural disasters -- History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-118-32753-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Background; Responses to Hazards and Disasters; The Global and Environmental Basis for this Book; The Emergence of Climate Science and its Relationship to Natural Disasters; Conclusion; Chapter 1: Supervolcanoes; Introduction; The Mt. Toba Eruption (73,000 BP); The Mt. Toba eruption and the human bottleneck controversy; Conclusion; The Thera (Santorini) Eruption in the Aegean Sea (1600 BCE); Minoan civilization; The Santorini eruption
The physical, social, and cultural meaning of this supervolcanoConclusion; Mt. Tambora (1815) and Krakatau (1883); Conclusion; The Mt. Pinatubo Eruption (1991); The Luzon earthquake - a harbinger; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Global effects; A Threatening Future Scenario; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Earthquakes; Introduction; The San Francisco Earthquake (1906); The city's early history of growth and its susceptibility to earthquakes; The earthquake; The fire; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Great Kanto Earthquake (1923); Introduction; The earthquake; Relief efforts RebuildingConclusion; The Haitian Earthquake (2010); Introduction; Hispaniola's geology; Haiti's history; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; Summary; Chapter 3: Tsunamis; Introduction; Lisbon, Portugal: The Quadruple Disaster (1755); The earthquake; The fire; The tsunami; Scientific and religious thought and the birth of modern seismology; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Lituya Bay Mega-Tsunami (1958); The earthquake; The landslides; The tsunami; Lituya Bay historical accounts; Modeling efforts fail; Relief and rebuilding; The Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake (2004); The earthquake The tsunamiRelief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Tōhoku (Japan) Tsunami (2011); Introduction; The earthquake; The tsunami; Nuclear disaster; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Japan's energy future; Conclusion; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Fire; Introduction; The Burning of Rome (68 CE); The fire; Circus Maximus; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Great Fire of London (1666); Introduction; The fire; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Chicago and Peshtigo Fires (1871); Introduction; The Chicago fire; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Peshtigo fire (1871); Introduction The fireRelief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; Another explanation for the causes of the Chicago and Peshtigo fires; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Floods; Introduction; Central China Floods (1931); Introduction; Geography; The floods; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Dutch Flood Disaster (1953); Introduction; Geography; The flood of 1953; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; The Bangladesh Floods (1997-98); Introduction; Geology/geography; The floods; Relief efforts; Rebuilding; Conclusion; Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Landslides; Introduction The Turtle Mountain Landslide, Canada (1903) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463350903321 |
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Penna Anthony N
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| Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers
| Natural disasters in a global environment [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony N. Penna and Jennifer S. Rivers |
| Autore | Penna Anthony N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | xv, 340 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.3409 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RiversJennifer S |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - History
Environmental disasters - History Natural disasters - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-118-32753-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Internal processes -- pt. 2. Surficial processes -- pt. 3. Atmospheric processes. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796083703321 |
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Penna Anthony N
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| Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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