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Earth-Shattering Events : Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, Limited, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (197 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780500773697
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Earth-Shattering EventsDDC classification:
  • 363.349509
LOC classification:
  • QE534.3 .R635 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title -- About the author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: Earthquakes and History -- 1 Earthquakes Before Seismology -- 2 The Year of Earthquakes: London, 1750 -- 3 The Wrath of God: Lisbon, 1755 -- 4 Birth of Nations: Caracas, 1812 -- 5 Seismology Begins: Naples, 1857 -- 6 Elastic Rebound: San Francisco, 1906 -- 7 Holocaust in Japan: Tokyo and Yokohama, 1923 -- 8 Birth Pang of a New China: Tangshan, 1976 -- 9 Grief and Growth in the Land of Gandhi: Gujarat, 2001 -- 10 War and Peace by Tsunami: The Indian Ocean, 2004 -- 11 Meltdown and After: Fukushima, 2011 -- Conclusion: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization -- Appendix: Chronology of Earthquakes -- Map -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.
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Intro -- Title -- About the author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: Earthquakes and History -- 1 Earthquakes Before Seismology -- 2 The Year of Earthquakes: London, 1750 -- 3 The Wrath of God: Lisbon, 1755 -- 4 Birth of Nations: Caracas, 1812 -- 5 Seismology Begins: Naples, 1857 -- 6 Elastic Rebound: San Francisco, 1906 -- 7 Holocaust in Japan: Tokyo and Yokohama, 1923 -- 8 Birth Pang of a New China: Tangshan, 1976 -- 9 Grief and Growth in the Land of Gandhi: Gujarat, 2001 -- 10 War and Peace by Tsunami: The Indian Ocean, 2004 -- 11 Meltdown and After: Fukushima, 2011 -- Conclusion: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization -- Appendix: Chronology of Earthquakes -- Map -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.

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