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"Historical research into disasters and disaster processing has expanded enormously in recent years. The threat of climate disasters and pandemics is raising awareness that disasters have a major impact on community development. The period 1755-1918 also saw numerous disasters that affected Dutch society, such as the Leiden gunpowder disaster of 1807, several cholera outbreaks and large-scale river floods. Volcanic eruptions and flooding were recurring phenomena in the colonies. And then there were major international disasters, such as the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Spanish flu in 1918. Crisis and Catastrophe examines the influence of these catastrophes on belief in God, solidarity and charity, and local and national identity formation. Attention is also paid to the cultural representation of disasters in literature, paintings and memorial books."
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Keywords
- Crises
- Disasters
- Europe
- European History
- Geographical Qualifiers
- History
- History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
- History Of Art / Art & Design Styles
- History: earliest times to present day
- Humanities
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- Netherlands
- Regional & national history
- Society
- The arts
- The Netherlands
- thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDN Netherlands
- thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
- thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
- thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
- Western Continental Europe
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