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Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses: An Introduction

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If the past is not usable, then history is an enterprise in vain.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Interview with Donald Hughes [2010, p. 308]

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    http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disasters/what-is-a-disaster/(retrieved on May 24, 2012).

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  1. Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Niki Pfeifer

  2. Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Niki Pfeifer

  3. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Katrin Pfeifer

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  1. Department of History, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

    Katrin Pfeifer

  2. Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maxmilian University, Munich, 80539, Germany

    Niki Pfeifer

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Pfeifer, N., Pfeifer, K. (2013). Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses: An Introduction. In: Pfeifer, K., Pfeifer, N. (eds) Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5000-5_1

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