Historical Disaster Experiences / Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context (PDF)
Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe
(Sprache: Englisch)
Historical disaster research is still a young field. This book discusses the experiences different cultures, from Europe across the Near East to Asia, have of natural disasters. It focuses on the pre-industrial era and on the question of similarities,...
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Historical disaster research is still a young field. This book discusses the experiences different cultures, from Europe across the Near East to Asia, have of natural disasters. It focuses on the pre-industrial era and on the question of similarities, differences and transcultural dynamics in the cultural handling of natural disasters. Which long-lasting cultural patterns of perception, interpretation and handling of disasters can be determined? Have specific types of disasters changed the affected societies? What have people learned from disasters and what not? What adaptation and coping strategies existed? Which natural, societal and economic parameters play a part? The book not only reveals the historical depth of present practices, but also reveals possible comparisons that show globalization processes, entanglements and exchanges of ideas and practices in preMit bestem Dank im voraus-modern times.
Autoren-Porträt
Gerrit Jasper Schenk (Dr. phil.) is professor of medieval history at Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany). He has taught at the universities of Heidelberg, Stuttgart and Essen and has held fellowships from the Gerda Henkel Foundation and the German Historical Institutes (Rome, Paris). He is an associated member of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" (University of Heidelberg). His main research interests are rituals, ceremonies, pilgrimage, environmental history, historical disaster research and urban history. Most recently he has coedited books on Historical Disasters in Context (2012), Krisengeschichte(n) (2013), Disaster as Image (2014) and Mensch. Natur. Katastrophe. Von Atlantis bis heute (2014).
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2017, 1st ed. 2017, 436 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Gerrit Jasper Schenk
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- ISBN-10: 3319491636
- ISBN-13: 9783319491639
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2017
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“This collection of 20 essays covers a variety of disasters … across a wide expanse of space and time, ranging from the 11th-century Middle East to 16th-century Europe and 20th-century India and Nepal. … The essays are generally of high quality, and several are excellent. Editor Schenk offers a useful introductory overview of the development of historical interest in disasters and key questions that have shaped the field in recent decades … . Summing Up: Recommended, Graduate and research libraries.” (M. Mulcahy, Choice, Vol. 55 (3), November, 2017)Kommentar zu "Historical Disaster Experiences / Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context"
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