Coping with crisis : the resilience and vulnerability of pre-industrial settlements / Daniel R. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Daniel R., author.

Series:

Rural worlds

Rural worlds : economic, social and cultural histories of agricultures and rural societies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management--Europe--History.

Crisis management.

Organizational resilience--Europe--History.

Organizational resilience.

Disasters--Social aspects--Europe--History.

Disasters.

Communities--Europe--History.

Communities.

Rural conditions.

History.

Disasters--Social aspects.

Europe--Rural conditions--History.

Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]

Contents:

Defining settlement "resilience" and "vulnerability" and introducing the historiography

The theoretical framework

Parasite or stimulant : the divergent impact of the city of Florence upon its surrounding rural hinterlands, 1300-1580

Settlement decline before the black death : dealing with pressure on resources in two regions of medieval Cambridgeshire, 1200-1340

Village communities and commercialisation : the rise of large tenant farmers and its impact on settlements in the Dutch River area, 1300-1600

A North Sea coastal area under pressure of land consolidation : transition from a farmers' republic to an unequal polder society in the oldambt of Groningen, 1700-1900

Exploring long-term inequality and agro-towns in the Kingdom of Naples, 1600-1900 : a comparative study in Apulia

Conclusion

Bibliography

Archives

Primary printed

Internet

Unpublished

Secondary literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472420046

1472420047

OCLC:

878511213