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Inventing disaster : the culture of calamity from the Jamestown colony to the Johnstown flood
- Title
- Inventing disaster : the culture of calamity from the Jamestown colony to the Johnstown flood / Cynthia A. Kierner.
- Author
- Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958-
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-618 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, 'Inventing Disaster' explains the origins and development of this predictable, even ritualized, culture of calamity over three centuries, exploring its roots in the revolutions in science, information, and emotion that were part of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe and America"--
- Subjects
- Disasters > Social aspects
- Disasters > North Atlantic Region > History > 17th century
- North Atlantic Region
- 1600-1899
- Disasters > Social aspects > History
- Disasters > Political aspects > History
- History
- Disasters > North Atlantic Region > History > 18th century
- Disasters > North Atlantic Region > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-273) and index.
- Contents
- Devastation without disaster -- Narrating disaster -- Catastrophe in an age of Enlightenment -- Benevolent empire -- Disaster nation -- Exploding steamboats and the culture of calamity.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-618
- ISBN
- 9781469652511
- 146965251X
- 9781469652528 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019016542
- OCLC
- 1091845305
- Author
- Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958- author.
- Title
- Inventing disaster : the culture of calamity from the Jamestown colony to the Johnstown flood / Cynthia A. Kierner.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-273) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-618