Earth-shattering events : earthquakes, nations and civilization

Earth-shattering events : earthquakes, nations and civilization / Andrew Robinson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Andrew, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Subjects:
Earthquakes.
Earthquakes > History.
Earthquakes > Social aspects.
Earthquakes > Economic aspects.
Earthquakes > Political aspects.
Civilization.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : earthquakes and history
  • Earthquakes before seismology
  • The year of earthquakes : London, 1750
  • The wrath of God : Lisbon, 1755
  • Birth of nations : Caracas, 1812
  • Seismology begins : Naples, 1857
  • Elastic rebound : San Francisco, 1906
  • Holocaust in Japan : Tokyo and Yokohama, 1923
  • Birth pang of a new China : Tangshan, 1976
  • Grief and growth in the land of Gandhi : Gujarat, 2001
  • War and peace by tsunami : the Indian Ocean, 2004
  • Meltdown and after : Fukushima, 2011
  • Conclusion : earthquakes, nations and civilization.

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