Earth-shattering events : earthquakes, nations, and civilization /

Earth-Shattering Events seeks to understand exactly how humans and earthquakes have interacted, not only in the short term but also in the long perspective of history. In some cases, physical devastation has been followed by decline. But in others, the political and economic reverberations of earthq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robinson, A. G. (Andrew G.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Subjects:	Earthquakes. Earthquakes > History. Earthquakes > Social aspects. Earthquakes > Economic aspects. Earthquakes > Political aspects. Civilization.

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.