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Fire and Flood

Extreme Events and Social Change Past, Present, Future

Thomas Princen

2025

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Image of Galveston hurricane wreckage superimposed on Houston downtown skyscrapers.

Galveston’s Boom-and-Bust History of Migration

From storms to oil booms, the region’s past is marked by extraction, upheaval, and the migrations they set in motion.

by Thomas Princen via The MIT Press Reader on November 7, 2025

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