A History of Civilization in 50 Disasters (History in 50), by Gale Eaton
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A History of Civilization in 50 Disasters (History in 50), by Gale Eaton
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In A History of Civilization in 50 Disasters, Gale Eaton weaves tales of the disasters that happen when civilization and nature collide. Volcanoes, fires, floods, and pandemics have devastated humanity for thousands of years, and human improvements such as molasses holding tanks, insecticides,and deepwater oil rigs have created new, unforeseen hazards―yet civilization has advanced not just in spite of these disasters but in part because of them.
The History in 50 series explores history by telling thematically linked stories. Each book includes 50 illustrated narrative accounts of people and events―some well-known, others often overlooked―that, together, build a rich connect the-dots mosaic and challenge conventional assumptions about how history unfolds. Fall 2015 will also include A History of Travel in 50 Vehicles.- Dedicated to the premise that history is the greatest story ever told.
- Includes a mix of “greatest hits” with quirky, surprising, provocative accounts.
- Challenges readers to think and engage.
- Includes a glossary of technical terms; sources by chapter; teaching resources as jumping-off points for student research; and endnotes.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2945653 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.40" h x .80" w x 6.40" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Review “Lest readers get preoccupied by body counts and deciding which disaster was the worst, the real lessons to be derived are discussed in a brief conclusion. What's most important is how people responded to the disasters: some people became heroes, some organized relief efforts, some looted, some blamed others, and some got to work trying to prevent future disasters. ... A fascinating volume especially suited for browsing. (glossary, sources and additional resources, endnotes, index)” (Kirkus)
From the Inside Flap The earth shakes and cracks open. Volcanoes erupt. Continents freeze, bake, and flood. Droughts parch the land. Wildfires and hundred-year storms consume anything in their paths. Invisible clouds of disease and pestilence probe for victims. Tidal waves sweep ashore from the vast sea. The natural world is a dangerous place, but one species has evolved a unique defense against the hazards: civilization. Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all works most of the time. But key resources lie in the most hazardous places, so we choose to live on river flood plains, on the slopes of volcanoes, at the edge of the sea, above seismic faults. We pack ourselves into cities, Petri dishes for germs. Civilization thrives on the edge of disaster. And what happens when natural forces meet molasses holding tanks, insecticides, deepwater oil rigs, nuclear power plants? We learn the hard way how to avoid the last disaster and maybe how to create the next one. What we don't know can, indeed, hurt us. This book's white-knuckled journey from antiquity to the present leads us to wonder at times how humankind has survived. And yet, as author Gale Eaton makes clear, civilization has advanced not just in spite of disasters but in part because of them. Hats off to human resilience, ingenuity, and perseverance! They've carried us this far; may they continue to do so into our ever-hazardous future. The History in 50 series explores history by telling thematically linked stories. Each book includes 50 illustrated narrative accounts of people and eventssome well-known, others often overlookedthat, together, build a rich connect the-dots mosaic and challenge conventional assumptions about how history unfolds. Future titles include A History of Travel in 50 Vehicles, A History of Medicine in 50 Discoveries, A History of American Culture in 50 Innovators, A History of the Universe in 50 M
About the Author Gale Eaton has spent a lifetime with books for children and young adults, first as a children’s librarian at the Boston Public Library and the Berkshire Athenaeum, and later as a professor of children’s literature at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is the author of four other books.Phillip Hoose is the widely acclaimed author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles including the National Book Award - and Newbery Honor - winning book Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. A graduate of Indiana University and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Hoose was for 37 years a staff member of The Nature Conservancy, dedicated to preserving the plants, animals, and natural communities of the Earth.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A very slightly tarnished jewel.... By B. N. County I wish Amazon had a 10 star scale, since this would deserve about an 8 or 9. Call it 4 and 1/2 stars. I got this book from the library, and the book is everything it is advertised to be. Extremely informative, easy to read, and it lends itself to easy reading in small increments (at only 150 pages of actual disasters, you can read about 3 pages at a time and always have a quitting place).In addition, the book has a 2 page conclusion, five pages of glossary, 35 pages of "Sources and Additional Resources" 19 pages of Endnotes, and 7 pages of Index, for a total of about 213 pages with writing and pictures. There are many pictures. Each disaster has at least one.Physically, the book is quite handsome. A bit over 9" tall, hardbound, thick and glossy pages that you HATE to fold over.The reading level, I would guess, is smart later grade school through High School. It was on the Young Reader rack at the library.Which brings me to the first of the two small negatives I have. Not sure how to describe it, but the writing is somewhat simplistic. I find many more simple sentences and simpler vocabulary than I would normally feel comfortable with. On the one hand it is sometimes tiresome, but on the other it allows for rapid digestion of the ideas. Random example: page 58, at the end of the chapter on the Irish Potato Famine. "The potato blight affected many countries. But in Ireland, where the peasants had no alternative crops, harsh policies deepened the suffering. The famine's legacy of bitterness is still felt."The last two sentences there lead to small negative number two: the book has a sometimes not-so-subtle and obvious liberal axe to grind. This bias may not terribly bother others, but I am a now-liberal Reformed Conservative, and am therefore particularly sensitized to such loaded language. The fact that the book's examples of "conservative establishment" stupidity and silliness are demonstrably correct is beside the point in the context of this review. Depending on your sensitivities and the amount of free-thinking you can stand, it can still jar just a bit.But I would say that the book would be an EXCELLENT supplemental history book for the classroom... and not just in history classes. In fact, I am pretty sure that this is what it was designed to be. Teachers who are honest and thoughtful conservatives, being forewarned, might even use the the instances of "liberal language" to spark discussions about the bias inherent in any history text.If the other books in this series are as good as this one, all together they would be the basis of an excellent pre-college history, technology, or political science class.
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