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Dreadful Visitations: Confronting Natural Catastrophe in the Age of Enlightenment Alessa Johns 1st edition
Dreadful Visitations: Confronting Natural Catastrophe in the Age of Enlightenment
Alessa Johns
This book offers a rare historical perspective on the cultural impact of disasters, examining eighteenth-century responses to the natural catastrophes that challenged the period's claim to reason and mastery of the environment.
222 pages, 12 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 21, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780415921756 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 226 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 22 mm · 499 g |
| Language | English |