TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kierner,Cynthia A.
TI  - Inventing disaster: the culture of calamity from the Jamestown colony to the Johnstown flood 
SN  - 9781469652511
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Disasters
KW  - North Atlantic Region
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-273) and index; Devastation without disaster -- Narrating disaster -- Catastrophe in an age of Enlightenment -- Benevolent empire -- Disaster nation -- Exploding steamboats and the culture of calamity
N2  - "When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, 'Inventing Disaster' explains the origins and development of this predictable, even ritualized, culture of calamity over three centuries, exploring its roots in the revolutions in science, information, and emotion that were part of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe and America"--
ER  -