Rethinking American Disasters

Rethinking American Disasters
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Publisher : LSU Press
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780807179840
ISBN-13 : 0807179841
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Book Synopsis Rethinking American Disasters by : Cynthia A. Kierner

Download or read book Rethinking American Disasters written by Cynthia A. Kierner and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking American Disasters is a pathbreaking collection of essays on hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other calamities in the United States and British colonial America over four centuries. Proceeding from the premise that there is no such thing as a “natural” disaster, the collection invites readers to consider disasters and their aftermaths as artifacts of and vantage points onto their historical contexts.


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