Ebook: Dreadful visitations : confronting natural catastrophe in the age of enlightenment
Author: Alessa Johns (ed.)
- Tags: Natural disasters -- History -- 18th century, Natural disasters, Naturkatastrophe -- Öffentlichkeit -- Geschichte -- 1700-1800 -- Kongress (Berkeley 1995), Öffentlichkeit -- Naturkatastrophe -- Geschichte -- 1700-1800 -- Kongress (Berkeley 1995), Aufklärung -- Naturkatastrophe -- Kongress (Berkeley 1995), Geschichte -- 1700-1800, Natural disasters -- History -- 18th century
- Series: History / cultural studies
- Year: 1999
- Publisher: Routledge
- Language: English
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This volume offers an historical perspective on the cultural impact of disasters, examining 18th-century responses to the natural catastrophes that challenged the period's claim to reason and mastery of the environment.
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