000806893 000__ 05883cam\a2200541Ii\4500 000806893 001__ 806893 000806893 005__ 20230306143843.0 000806893 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000806893 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000806893 008__ 170322t20172017sz\ab\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000806893 019__ $$a982098896$$a982141501$$a982234614$$a984863592 000806893 020__ $$a9783319491639$$q(electronic book) 000806893 020__ $$a3319491636$$q(electronic book) 000806893 020__ $$z9783319491622 000806893 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-319-49163-9$$2doi 000806893 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn978273265 000806893 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)978273265$$z(OCoLC)982098896$$z(OCoLC)982141501$$z(OCoLC)982234614$$z(OCoLC)984863592 000806893 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dEBLCP$$dN$T$$dLOA$$dYDX$$dOCLCF$$dAZU$$dVT2$$dUAB 000806893 049__ $$aISEA 000806893 050_4 $$aD24 000806893 08204 $$a909$$223 000806893 24500 $$aHistorical disaster experiences :$$btowards a comparative and transcultural history of disasters across Asia and Europe /$$cGerrit Jasper Schenk, editor. 000806893 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bSpringer,$$c[2017] 000806893 264_4 $$c©2017 000806893 300__ $$a1 online resource :$$billustrations, maps. 000806893 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000806893 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000806893 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000806893 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 000806893 4901_ $$aTranscultural research-- Heidelberg stuides on Asia and Europe in a global context 000806893 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 000806893 5050_ $$aAcknowledgments; Contents; Part I: State of Research, Concepts, and Methods; Historical Disaster Experiences: First Steps Toward a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europ...; Nature, Culture, and Disaster: Concepts, Research, and Questions; A Short Conceptual History of ``Disaster ́́and ``Catastrophe;́́ ``Cultures of Disaster? ́́Research and Questions; Historical Disaster Experiences: Genesis of the Volume; Learning from Disaster?; Hybridity of Historical Disasters: Nature, Society, and Power 000806893 5058_ $$aTransculturality of Historical Disasters: Governance and the Materialisation of Glocalisation``Historical Disaster Experiences: ́́Structure of the Book, Hypotheses, and Open Questions; Living with Hazard: Disaster Subcultures, Disaster Cultures and Risk-Mitigating Strategies; Cultures of Disaster; Disaster Subcultures; Disaster Cultures; Risk-Mitigating Strategies; Living with Hazard; Part II: Materiality of Disasters: Natural Impact, Social Experience; Several Natural Disasters in the Middle East (at the Beginning of the Eleventh Century) and Their Consequences; Introduction 000806893 5058_ $$aDifferent Kinds of Natural DisasterConsequences and Action Taken; Conclusion; Fanā and Fasād: Perceptions and Concepts of Crises and Disasters in Fourteenth-Century Egypt; Introduction; Fasād; Fanā; Conclusion; The Black Death and the 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 Percei...; 1466-70: Years Without Summer?; Flooding; The Quality of Wine; Grain Harvest and Dearth; Pestilence; Effects on Politics, Culture, and War; Pitfalls and Complications; Doubting the Volcanic Eruption 000806893 5058_ $$aBlue Sun and Black Rice in 1465: Global Events?Conclusion; Cultural Implications of Natural Disasters: Historical Reports of the Volcano Eruption of July, 1256 CE; Introduction; Sources; Abu Shāmaś Account; Other Accounts of the Volcanic Eruption; More Modern Historians Reflecting on the Events; Conclusion; When Europe Was Burning: The Multi-season Mega-drought of 1540 and Arsonist Paranoia; The Blaze of Einbeck; The Search for Culprits; The Spark of Sundsvall; Europeś Largest Natural Disaster; An Underestimated Record-breaking Event; The Meteorological Drought; The Hydrological Drought 000806893 5058_ $$aYear-long HeatAn Evidence-based Worst-case Scenario; Conclusion: Scapegoats of Climatic Extremes; Part III: Heaven and Earth: Searching for Reasons; ``Assur Will Suffer: ́́Predicting Disaster in Ancient Egypt; Text Samples; A) Papyrus Cairo 31222:; B) From Papyrus Vienna D 6278+; C) From Papyrus BM 10651 (Unpublished); D) Papyrus BM 10660 (Unpublished); E) Papyrus BM 10661 (Unpublished); ``Natural ́́Disasters in the Arabic Astro-meteorological Malama Handbooks; Introduction to the Malama Handbooks; Development of the Malama Genres; Popularity of the Astro-meteorological Malama 000806893 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000806893 520__ $$aHistorical 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. 000806893 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 6, 2017). 000806893 650_0 $$aDisasters$$zAsia$$xHistory. 000806893 650_0 $$aDisasters$$zEurope$$xHistory. 000806893 7001_ $$aSchenk, Gerrit J.,$$eeditor. 000806893 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z9783319491622 000806893 830_0 $$aTranscultural research-- Heidelberg studies on Asia and Europe in a global context. 000806893 852__ $$bebk 000806893 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-49163-9$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000806893 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:806893$$pGLOBAL_SET 000806893 980__ $$aEBOOK 000806893 980__ $$aBIB 000806893 982__ $$aEbook 000806893 983__ $$aOnline 000806893 994__ $$a92$$bISE