TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Lucile M.
TI  - The big ones: how natural disasters have shaped us (and what we can do about them) 
SN  - 9781785784361 (pbk.) :
AV  - GB5014 
U1  - 363.3409 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Icon
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - History
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - When the forces that give our planet life exceed our ability to withstand them, they become disasters. Together they have shaped our cities and architecture, elevated leaders and toppled governments, influenced the way we think, feel, fight, unite and pray. The history of natural disasters is a history of ourselves. This book investigates some of the most impactful natural disasters, and how their reverberations are still felt today - from a volcanic eruption in Pompeii challenging and reinforcing prevailing views of religion, through the California floods of 1862 and the limitations of memory, to what Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 tsunami can tell us about governance and globalisation
ER  -