The Culture of Disaster
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0226358216
ISBN-13
9780226358215
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 4th, 2012
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
522 grams
Dimensions
16.50 x 23.60 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyCultural studiesNatural disasters
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From antiquity through the Enlightenment, disasters were attributed to the obscure power of the stars or the vengeance of angry gods. In this title, the author argues that post-Enlightenment culture has been haunted by the sense of emergency that made natural catastrophes and human deeds both a collective crisis and a personal tragedy.
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