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02410aam a2200433 i 4500 001 F9312A5E2DF611EAB868BF0597128E48 003 SILO 005 20200103010057 008 190411t20192019ncuab b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019016542 020 $a 146965251X 020 $a 9781469652511 035 $a (OCoLC)1091845305 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d VG8 $d YDX $d NGU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a e-uk--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D24 $b .K54 2019 082 00 $a 303.48/50903 $2 23 100 1 $a Kierner, Cynthia A., $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Inventing disaster : $b the culture of calamity from the Jamestown colony to the Johnstown flood / $c Cynthia A. Kierner. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiii, 285 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-273) and index. 505 0 $a Devastation without disaster -- Narrating disaster -- Catastrophe in an age of Enlightenment -- Benevolent empire -- Disaster nation -- Exploding steamboats and the culture of calamity. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Disasters $z North Atlantic Region $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Disasters $z North Atlantic Region $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Disasters $z North Atlantic Region $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Disasters $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Disasters $x History. $x History. 650 7 $a Disasters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894782 650 7 $a Disasters $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894804 651 7 $a North Atlantic Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242478 648 7 $a 1600-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013902.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F9312A5E2DF611EAB868BF0597128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search