Historical Disaster Experiences : Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe

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 cu...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Schenk, Gerrit Jasper (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesTranscultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319491639
ISSN2191-656X
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-49163-9
Physical DescriptionIX, 436 p. 121 illus., 44 illus. in color. online resource.

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