Flood : nature and culture / John Withington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Withington, John, author.

Series:

Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))

Earth Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Floods.

Floods in literature.

Floods--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the flood that remade the earth in the Old Testament to the 1931 China floods that killed almost four million people, from the broken levees in New Orleans to the almost yearly rising waters of rivers like the Mississippi, floods have many causes: rain, melting ice, storms, tsunamis, failures of dams and levees, acts of vengeful gods. They have been used as deliberate acts of war to cause thousands of casualties. Flooding kills far more people than any other natural disaster. In this cultural and natural history of floods, John Withington tells stories of the deadliest floods the world ha

Contents:

Cover; Flood; Imprint Page; Contents; Foreword; 1. Myth ; 2. Reality ; 3. Description: Floods in Literature; 4. Depiction: Floods in Art and Films ; 5. Defence ; 6. Defeat? ; Postscript; Notable Floods; References; Select Bibliography; Associations and Websites; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 8, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78023-209-8

OCLC:

892244600