Description: Exploring how crises have shaped economic and social life from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first.
Review Quotes: All scholars of environmental, public health and financial crises, modern or historical, should take a look at this book, not least for the fine introductory chapter that draws upon a wide and diverse range of reading from economics, history, sociology and philosophy to ask significant questions about current approaches to the study of crises.-- "CONTINUITY & CHANGE"