Disaster in the Early Modern World: Examinations, Representations, Interventions

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Ovanes Akopyan (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy) David Rosenthal (University of Exeter, UK)

Disaster in the Early Modern World

Examinations, Representations, Interventions

Ovanes Akopyan (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy), David Rosenthal (University of Exeter, UK)

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Routledge
17 November 2023

European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Economic history; History of science

Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge

How did early modern societies think about disasters, such as earthquakes or floods? How did they represent disaster, and how did they intervene to mitigate its destructive effects? This collection showcases the breadth of new work on the period ca. 1300-1750.

Covering topics that range from new thinking about risk and securitisation to the protection of dikes from shipworm, and with a geography that extends from Europe to Spanish America, the volume places early modern disaster studies squarely at the intersection of intellectual, cultural and socio-economic history. This period witnessed fresh speculation on nature, the diffusion of disaster narratives and imagery and unprecedented attempts to control the physical world.

The book will be essential to specialists and students of environmental history and disaster, as well as general readers who seek to discover how pre-industrial societies addressed some of the same foundational issues we grapple with today.

Edited by: Ovanes Akopyan (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Italy), David Rosenthal (University of Exeter, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9780367465971
ISBN 10: 0367465973
Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 17 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ovanes Akopyan is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. David Rosenthal is a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and co-director of Hidden Cities apps.