Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather : A Historical Geography Perspective / edited by Georgina H. Endfield and Lucy Veale.

Includes bibliographical references.

chapter 1 Climate, culture and weather GEORGI NA H. EN DFIELD AND LUC Y V EA LE -- chapter 2 Learning to say “Phew” instead of “Brrr”: social and cultural change during the British summer of 1976 IAN WA ITES -- chapter 3 On the home front: Australians and the 1914 drought RU TH A. MORGA N -- chapter 4 Extreme weather and the growth of charity: insights from the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society, 1839–1860 CATHRY N PEA RCE -- chapter 5 The temporal memory of major hurricanes CA RY J. MOCK -- chapter 6 “May God place a bridge over the River Tywi”: interrogating flood perceptions and memories in Welsh medieval poetry HYW EL M. GRIFFITHS, EU RIG SA LISBU RY AND STEPHEN TOOTH -- chapter 7 Remembering in God’s name: the role of the church and community institutions in the aftermath and commemoration of floods A LEX A N der H A LL -- chapter 8 “The ice shards are gone”: traditional ecological knowledge of climate and culture among the Cree of the Eastern James M A RIE ­J EA NNES. ROY ER / Bay, Canada -- chapter 9 Post-scripting extreme weather: textuality, eventhood, resilience V LA DIMIR JA N KOV Ic AND JA MES R. FLEMI NG.

"Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses to such events are a crucial component of any research that seeks to understand the nature of events that might take place in the future. Yet all such events need to be situated for their implications to be understood.This book is the first to explore the cultural contingency of extreme and unusual weather events and the ways in which they are recalled, recorded or forgotten. It illustrates how geographical context, particular physical conditions, an area's social and economic activities and embedded cultural knowledges and infrastructures all affect community experiences of and responses to unusual weather. Contributions refer to varied methods of remembering and recording weather and how these act to curate, recycle and transmit extreme events across generations and into the future. With international case studies, from both land and sea, the book explores how and why particular weather events become inscribed into the fabric of communities and contribute to community change in different historical and cultural contexts.This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical and cultural geography, environmental anthropology and environmental studies."--Provided by publisher.