"Growing concerns about climate change and the increasing occurrence of ever more devastating natural disasters in some parts of the world and their consequences for human life, not only in the immediately affected regions, but for all of us, have increased our desire to learn more about disaster experiences in the past. How did disaster experiences impact on the development of modern sciences in the early modern era? Why did religion co ..."
"This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and ..."
"Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local a ..."
A Cabinet of Curiosities on Paper(1st Edition) Johann Jacob Wicks Collection of Wonders (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) by FranzMauelshagen Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-4724-1564-6, ISBN: 1-4724-1564-7
"Between 1560 and 1587, the Swiss protestant minister Johann Jacob Wick compiled a 24-volume collection of material relating to divine signs, wonders and portents. Aided by several of Zurich’s leading reformers - particularly Heinrich Bullinger - and drawing upon a Europe-wide network of correspondence his remarkable collection, known as the Wickiana, includes both manuscript sources and printed materials (499 pamphlets and 430 broad-she ..."
"In Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico, historical geographer Georgina
Endfield has crafted a comparative history of vulnerability and adaptation in three
regions of LIA Mexico, revealing a range of coping ... The book also considers the
“net benefits that might be derived from climatic changes” and “reduction in some
risks” over time. ... indigenous communities and the colonial government.27
Indigenous communities in Endfield's ..."
"Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters_seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local a ..."
"Climate Change and Cultural Transition in Europe is an account of Europe's share in the making of global warming, which considers the past and future of climate-society interactions.Contributors include: Clara Brandi, Rüdiger Glaser, Iso Himmelsbach, Claudia Kemfert, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Claus Leggewie, Franz Mauelshagen, Geoffrey Parker, Christian Pfister, Dirk Riemann, Lea Schmitt, Jörn Sieglerschmidt, Markus Vogt, and Steffen Vog ..."
"Europäische Korrespondenznetze, die Kommunikation über weite Räume und Grenzen hinweg ermöglichten, sind das Thema der Beiträge des Bandes. Nicht nur Meinungs- und Nachrichtenaustausch vollzog sich über das Medium des Briefes, auch Realien Antiquitäten, Handelswaren, Bücher und Naturalien wurden in diesen Transfer einbezogen und hatten in Korrespondenznetzen der Frühen Neuzeit eine hohe Bedeutung. Durch die Diskussion und Anwendung mo ..."
"It is a diverse, challenging phenomenon. This volume contributes to a critical cultural rheology examining the material complexities, epistemic functions, political ramifications, and ecological dimensions of fluidity"
Wunderkammer auf Papier Die 'Wickiana' zwischen Reformation und Volksglaube, Frühneuzeit-Forschungen 15 by FranzMauelshagen Hardcover, Published 2011 by Wallstein Verlag ISBN-13: 978-3-8353-5110-3, ISBN: 3-8353-5110-9
"Dimensionen einer historischen ZukunftsforschungBroschiertes BuchIn der Geschichtswissenschaft lässt sich in den vergangenen Jahren eine Hinwendung zu Fragen der Zeitlichkeit beobachten. Insbesondere Zukunftsentwürfe erfahren dabei große Aufmerksamkeit: Sie stellen für Historiker eine Möglichkeit dar, sich historischen Systembrüchen aus ganz neuen Perspektiven zu nähern. Denn die klassische Geschichtsschreibung tendiert dazu, die Vergan ..."
"Für Grundstudium und schulische Oberstufe konzipierter Überblick über die Außenpolitik des Wilhelminischen Kaiserrreichs von der Entlassung Bismarcks bis zum Ende des 1. Weltkriegs."
"Vom Mittelalter bis heuteBroschiertes BuchMan kann die europäische Geschichte vom Mittelalter bis heute auch als eine Entwicklung von Mangelgesellschaften zur Überflussgesellschaft schreiben. Agrarrevolution, Manufakturen und Industrialisierung, der Ausbau der Verkehrsnetze (Seewege, Eisenbahn, Brücken etc.) die wirtschaftliche Revolution vor allem der letzen Jahrhunderte berührt jeden Bereich menschlichen Lebens und wandelt ihn grundle ..."