Drought and the human story : braving the bull of heaven / R.L. Heathcote.

Author/creator Heathcote, R. L.
Format Book
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2013.
Descriptionxvi, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Drought in World History -- Defining Drought -- Documenting Drought -- The Causes of Drought -- The Scope of Drought Impacts -- Society at Bay? Managing the Droughts -- Drought as a Technological Hazard? The Mitigation Strategies of the Industrialized Countries in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Drought Reporting and Drought Relief as Moral Hazards? -- Drought in World Literature, Art, Philosophy and Community -- The Scientists and Drought -- The Coming Droughts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-298) and index.
LCCN 2012018720
ISBN9781409405016 (hardback)
ISBN140940501X (hardback)

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