Coping with Crisis: The Resilience and Vulnerability of Pre-Industrial Settlements
| By: | Curtis, Daniel R, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781472420046 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781472420060 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Why in the pre-industrial period were some settlements resilient and stable over the long term while other settlements were vulnerable to crisis? Indeed, what made certain human habitations more prone to decline or even total collapse, than others? All pre-industrial societies had to face certain challenges: exogenous environmental hazards such as earthquakes or plagues, economic or political hazards from