Historical Disasters in Context : Science, Religion, and Politics (Hardcover)

1. Introduction. Andrea Janku, Gerrit J. Schenk, Franz Mauelshagen  2. Roman Emperors and ‘Natural Disasters’ in the First Century AD. Mischa Meier  3. Managing Natural Hazards: Environment, Society, and Politics in the Upper Rhine Valley and Tuscany in the Renaissance (ca. 1270-1570). Gerrit J. Schenk  4. Acts of God: The Confessionalization of Disaster in Reformation Europe. Elaine Fulton  5. The Struggle Against the Sea: An Early Modern Coastal Society Between Metaphysical and Physical Attempts to Control Nature. Marie Luisa Allemeyer  6. Earthquakes in Early Modern France: From the Old Regime to the Birth of a New Risk. Gregory Quenet  7.  The Doomsday Discourse in the Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1700-Present. Nicolaas A. Rupke  8. Forgotten Risks: Mass Movements in the Mountains. Andreas Dix  9. Shaping the City: Aleppo’s Foreigner Community and the Earthquake of 1822. Stefan Knost  10. Earthquake versus Fire: The Struggle over Insurance in the Aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Disaster. Eleonora Rohland  11. Mediating Foreign Disasters: The Los Angeles Times and International Relief, 1891-1914. Gordon M. Winder  12. From Natural to National Disaster: The Chinese Famine of 1928-1930. Andrea Janku  13. Climate Catastrophism: The History of the Future of Climate Change. Franz Mauelshagen  Notes on Contributors  Notes  Index