Rethinking American Disasters

Cynthia A. Kierner (Edited by), Matthew Mulcahy (Edited by), Liz Skilton (Edited by), Benjamin Carp (Contributions by), Alyssa Fahringer (Contributions by), Caroline Grego (Contributions by), Jonathan Hancock (Contributions by), Scott Knowles (Contributions by), Jane Manners (Contributions by), Richard Mizelle (Contributions by), Sarah Naramore (Contributions by), Ashley Rogers (Contributions by), Thomas Wickman (Contributions by)

9780807179932

Paperback / softback, published 5 April 2023

256 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map, 2 charts
21.9 x 14.4 x 1.1 cm, 0.272 kg

Rethinking American Disasters 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.