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Author : David Keller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780812495287
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Great Disasters: The Most Shocking Moments in History written by David Keller and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Keller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380760435
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Great Disasters written by David Keller and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes some of the great disasters of history, both natural and man-made.
Author : Tim Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845735340
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Atlas of History's Greatest Disasters & Mistakes written by Tim Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling collection of human error and catastrophe through the ages. The dynamic incidents, crises, battles and defeats from all fields of endeavour are included. Accurate dynamic maps explore what caused the disasters and mistakes and their consequences. 50 fascinating stories of human error and natural disasters with insightful essays, historical illustrations and colour photographs are brought to life.
Author : Allen Howard Godbey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History written by Allen Howard Godbey and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ballard C. Campbell
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438130120
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History written by Ballard C. Campbell and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a chronologically-arranged reference to catastrophic events in American history, including natural disasters, economic depressions, riots, murders, and terrorist attacks.
Author : Teodoro C. Benigno
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Here's the Score written by Teodoro C. Benigno and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen J. Spignesi
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806525587
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Catastrophe! written by Stephen J. Spignesi and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half of the disasters chronicled are natural. These floods, storms, droughts, blizzards, famines and epidemics are fierce reminders that humankind is no match for the devastating force and fury of nature. From the Great Influenza Epidemic of WWI that took nearly 40 million lives to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, there are numerous accounts of catastrophes that could not be averted, and whose destructive power was beyond imagining.
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Author : Mitchell Newton-Matza
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610691660
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Disasters and Tragic Events [2 volumes] written by Mitchell Newton-Matza and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events—natural and man-made, famous and forgotten—that helped shape American history. Tragedies and disasters have always been part of the fabric of American history. Some gave rise to reactions that profoundly influenced the nation. Others dominated public consciousness for a moment, then disappeared from collective memory. Organized chronologically, Disasters and Tragic Events examines these moments, covering both the familiar and the obscure and probing their immediate and long-term effects. Unlike other works that concentrate on a particular type of disaster, for example, weather- or medicine-related tragedies, this two-volume encyclopedia has no such limits. Its entries range from natural disasters, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, to civic disturbances, environmental disasters, epidemics and medical errors, transportation accidents, and more. The work is a perfect supplement for history classes and will also prove of great interest to the general reader.
Author : Vasileios Liotsakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110493292
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Art of History written by Vasileios Liotsakis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A significant trend in the study of Greek and Roman historiographers is to accept that their works are to a degree both science and fiction. As scholarly interest broadens, in addition to evaluating ancient historians on the basis of the reliability of the information they record, and verifying the narratives against various elements of the material (inscriptions, excavations, numismatics), new studies are beginning to elaborate on the stylistic and narrative qualities of the texts themselves. The present volume offers a fine collection of essays that on the whole emphasize the literary dimensions of the ancient Greek and Roman historians. Offering narratological, linguistic, and theoretical approaches to historiography, the contributors of the book elaborate on the intersections between historiography and other literary genres, the literary manipulation of military events and the criteria of selectivity, the reception of ancient historical texts in other genres, time and space in historical narrative, and plenty of other relevant topics. The shared belief of the authors is that there is a close interrelation between the literary features and the scientific value of ancient Greek and Roman historiography.
Author : Naomi Klein
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1429919485
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Shock Doctrine written by Naomi Klein and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.
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Publisher : Readers Digest
ISBN 13 : 9780895773210
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (732 download)
Download or read book Great Disasters written by and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 1989 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, historical overview of some of the world's greatest natural disasters captures the power of the human spirit as it triumphs over the floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other calamities
Author : Ted Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780195165456
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Acts of God written by Ted Steinberg and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the exception of the 9/11 disaster, the top ten most costly catastrophes in U.S. history have all been natural disasters--five of them hurricanes--and all have occurred since 1989. Why this tremendous plague on our homes? In Acts of God, environmental historian Ted Steinberg explains that much of the death and destruction has been well within the realm of human control. Steinberg exposes the fallacy of seeing such calamities as simply random events. Beginning with the 1886 Charleston and 1906 San Francisco earthquakes, and continuing to the present, Steinberg explores the unnatural history of natural calamity, the decisions of business leaders and government officials that have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property, especially among those least able to withstand such blows--America's poor, elderly, and minorities. Seeing nature or God as the primary culprit, Steinberg argues, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are better protected from the violence of nature than their counterparts lower down the socioeconomic ladder. Sure to provoke discussion, Acts of God is a call to action that must be heard.
Author : Chris McNab
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781437967685
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (676 download)
Download or read book World¿s Worst Historical Disasters written by Chris McNab and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines 70 of the most significant natural and man-made disasters in world history, such as the plague in Athens which killed 75% of the population and the earthquake in Corinth that left 45,000 people dead to modern day catastrophes such as the New Delhi air collision and the Samastipur train disaster which both cost hundreds of lives. All kinds of disasters are covered, incl. plagues, earthquakes, volcanoes, genocides, floods, train crashes and airplane crashes. Each account gives a full and detailed analysis of the events leading up to the disaster, the actual disaster itself and then the extent of the damage and the aftermath. Key fact boxes outline the most important information and allow the reader to see facts at a glance. Over 150 illus.
Author : Kevin Baker
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456623435
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)
Download or read book The Worst World Disasters of All Time written by Kevin Baker and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Worst World Disasters of All Time is an overview of the most terrible disaster events in recorded history. Caution: Because of the nature of this book, some readers may find some of the content and pictures disturbing.
Author : Anthony N. Penna
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118327543
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Natural Disasters in a Global Environment written by Anthony N. Penna and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship. Examines a range of disasters including volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, landslides, hurricanes, famines, and more Highlights the role of science in studying natural disasters and describes the mechanisms responsible for them Features a range of case studies which can be used in conjunction with one another or as standalone examples Covers scientific material in a lucid and accessible style suited to undergraduate students or those outside of scientific disciplines Traces the transition of our understanding of disasters, from religious and superstitious explanations to contemporary scientific accounts
Author : Victoria Sherrow
Publisher : Enslow Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780766010581
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Exxon Valdez written by Victoria Sherrow and published by Enslow Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book spotlights the stories of the people, animals, and wildlife who felt the effects of this tragedy. Interviews with people involved in the clean up effort provide the reader with a realistic picture of the enormity of the spill.
Author : A. G. Mogan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781674888286
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (882 download)
Download or read book Tragic History written by A. G. Mogan and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacle of chaos rehearses for us the ultimate challenge, reminds us that we are not only mortal but vulnerable--vulnerable to our own carelessness, to expert miscalculation, to mechanical failure, to what some have called evil spirits and others bad luck. Such reminders often lead to the invention of safety devices that can prevent tragic recurrences of catastrophic events--until the next "attack" of carelessness or metal fatigue or bad luck or ..."Life is intrinsically boring and dangerous at the same time," writer-artist Edward Gorey observed. "At any given moment, the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring. Every day is new and perilous." At one time or another everyone is exposed to various kinds of accidents. Accident, in its root Latin definition, means something that happens to you. Every person who boards an airplane, a bus, a ship, or a train, who gets into a car to take a drive, or who even walks across the street runs the risk of injury or death resulting from miscalculation, carelessness, ignorance, or an unforeseen combination of circumstances. The risk of losing control is inevitable. It is universal, no matter how safe or how orderly a life we think we are creating for ourselves.This book offers a number of examples of different kinds of catastrophes and reveals how they affected the human beings immediately involved, and indeed how some of those catastrophes have worked to shape the way all of us live today.
