The culture of disaster
Acts of God, deeds of men -- Enlightenment and the plague -- The silence of Lisbon (1755) -- The reign of cholera (1832) -- Political disasters, time in ruins -- Losing Rome (Rousseau) -- Nightwatch: terror and time -- The politics of mortality -- Tall ships and falling stars-- The face of chaos (Me...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago, Ill. u.a.
Univ. of Chicago Press
2012
Bristol University Presses Marketing distributor 2012 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Acts of God, deeds of men -- Enlightenment and the plague -- The silence of Lisbon (1755) -- The reign of cholera (1832) -- Political disasters, time in ruins -- Losing Rome (Rousseau) -- Nightwatch: terror and time -- The politics of mortality -- Tall ships and falling stars-- The face of chaos (Medusa) -- The sphinx of the ice fields -- The culture of disaster -- Now playing everywhere. |
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| Beschreibung: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 261 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0226358216 0-226-35821-6 9780226358215 978-0-226-35821-5 9780226358239 0226358232 |