The Greatest Disasters of the 20th Century
Author: Frances Kennett
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780890090428
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frances Kennett
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780890090428
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Random House
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781870461658
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Titanic - Tokyo earthquake - Hindenburg - Chernobyl - Chemical gas leak Bhopal.
Author: Octopus Publishing Group
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780706419382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henrik Svensen
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2009-05-15
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1861896832
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. The South Asian Tsunami of 2004. The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Hurricane Katrina in 2005. All of these are natural disasters that not only caused massive devastation but actually changed the course of history, and have influenced our reactions to and perspectives on disasters ever since. Spanning two millennia, The End is Nigh provides a detailed history of natural disasters around the world and how they have shaped our cultural beliefs and our practical planning. Henrik Svensen draws from many eyewitness accounts to reveal the personal stories of the victims of natural disasters. Through them, we are reminded that while the disasters are natural phenomena, victims often react in similar ways seeking to explain the disaster within the context of an omen or a divine warning. A geologist, Svensen also explores the science behind the occurrence of specific disasters, and he examines whether climate change is creating an environment where natural disasters are more frequent and more deadly. The End is Nigh is as instructive as it is insightful and will appeal to fans of history and science, as well as policy makers and all those seeking to better prepare for future calamities. “The End is Nigh is a great example of storytelling across scientific disciplines, and in gripping prose it spans geology, geography and history, anthropology, sociology, and the history of religion.”—Apollon
Author: Samuel Upton Newtan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1425985114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of people died from the use of nuclear weapons in Nuclear War I and other nuclear disasters. Dr. Newtan's book describes the disastrous consequences of the following nuclear developments all of which occurred in the 20th century: The Trinity Test of a nuclear device (explosion) The destruction of Hiroshima by a uranium bomb The destruction of Nagasaki by a plutonium bomb The hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, and cobalt bomb Radioactive fallout Radiological weapons The BRAVO Test (hydrogen bomb) Three Mile Island nuclear reactor disaster Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster Fermi I breeder reactor disaster Nuclear submarine disasters (U.S., U.S.S.R.) Thresher nuclear submarine disaster Scorpion nuclear submarine disaster Nuclear satellite disasters Lost nuclear weapons Lost nuclear fissile materials for weapons Nuclear waste disasters Acts of war on nuclear facilities Nuclear terrorism Proliferation of nuclear weapons Nuclear reactors in space Nuclear weapons in space Nuclear waste can it be safely stored for millennia?
Author: Michael J. Oliver
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781847205490
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes, the collapse of the Soviet command economy and Third World disasters are discussed in this comprehensive book. The contributors subject these disasters to in-depth assessment, carefully considering their costs and impact on specific countries and regions, as well as assessing them in a global context. The book examines the legacy of economic disasters and asks whether economic disasters are avoidable or whether policymakers can learn from their mistakes.
Author: Margot Keam Cleary
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780861246571
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Andrew L. Jenks
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780136038023
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Part of the Connections: Key Themes in World History series, Perils of Progress: Environmental Disasters in the 20th Century is essential reading for anyone interested in furthering a clean and safe environment while simultaneously encouraging responsible manufacturing. Author Andrew Jenks examines past environmental disasters, such as the tragedies at Love Canal, Bhopal, and Chernobyl, to prepare students to anticipate and head off potential environmental disasters as well as to meet and deal rationally with the next toxic apocalypse should one occur.
Author: Mitchell Newton-Matza
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2014-03-26
Total Pages: 1389
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events—natural and man-made, famous and forgotten—that helped shape American history. Tragedies and disasters have always been part of the fabric of American history. Some gave rise to reactions that profoundly influenced the nation. Others dominated public consciousness for a moment, then disappeared from collective memory. Organized chronologically, Disasters and Tragic Events examines these moments, covering both the familiar and the obscure and probing their immediate and long-term effects. Unlike other works that concentrate on a particular type of disaster, for example, weather- or medicine-related tragedies, this two-volume encyclopedia has no such limits. Its entries range from natural disasters, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, to civic disturbances, environmental disasters, epidemics and medical errors, transportation accidents, and more. The work is a perfect supplement for history classes and will also prove of great interest to the general reader.
Author: Bas van Bavel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-10-22
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1108752381
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to social groups, ethnicity and gender. They also demonstrate how studying past disasters, including earthquakes, droughts, floods and epidemics, can provide a lens through which to understand the social, economic and political functioning of past societies and reveal features of a society which may otherwise remain hidden from view. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.