Changes in the air : hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the present /: hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the present. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eleonora Rohland.
• Authors: Rohland, Eleonora
• Contents: Intro; Changes in the Air; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and Maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction -- Hurrican Katrina and the Future of the Past; Chapter 1 -- Adaptation, Knowledge, and Hurricanes in History; Chapter 2 -- Environmental Learning and Path Dependence; Chapter 3 -- Moving out of Harm's Way; Chapter 4 -- Disaster and Social Order; Chapter 5 -- Hurricanes vs. "Mass Idleness"; Chapter 6 -- To Mandate or Not to Mandate . . .; Chapter 7 -- Adaptive Practices, Past and Present; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages)
• Subjects: 363.34/9220976335; Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History; Hurricanes -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Hurricanes; New Orleans (La.) -- History; Louisiana -- New Orleans; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785339325
• Related ISBNs: 178533932X; 9781785339318
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.