{"product_id":"rethinking-american-disasters-paperback","title":"Rethinking American Disasters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia a. Kierner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Mulcahy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLiz Skilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking American Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e is a pathbreaking collection of essays on hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other calamities in the United States and British colonial America over four centuries. Proceeding from the premise that there is no such thing as a \"natural\" disaster, the collection invites readers to consider disasters and their aftermaths as artifacts of and vantage points onto their historical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia A. Kierner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eInventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Mulcahy\u003c\/b\u003e has written or cowritten several books and articles about natural disasters in colonial British America, including \u003ci\u003eHurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624-1783.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz Skilton\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTempest: Hurricane Naming and American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and head of the Recent Louisiana Disasters Oral History Project.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.66 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693685575743,"sku":"9780807179932","price":41.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/52f00b9382cfee41f6043b015cfa40bb.webp?v=1764999632","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rethinking-american-disasters-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}