Bibliograph

Earthquake, nature and culture, Andrew Robinson

Type

Label

Earthquake, nature and culture, Andrew Robinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Earthquake

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

788269832

Responsibility statement

Andrew Robinson

Series statement

Earth series

Sub title

nature and culture

Summary

"This book describes two millennia of major earthquakes and their effects on societies around the world; the ways in which cultures have mythologized earthquakes through religion, the arts and popular culture; and the science of measuring, understanding and trying to predict earthquakes."--Book jacket

Table Of Contents

Earth-shattering events -- Lisbon, 1755 : the wrath of God -- Seismology begins -- Tokyo, 1923 : Holocaust -- Measuring earthquakes -- Faults, plates and drifting continents -- California : the enigma of the San Andreas fault -- Prediction of the unpredictable -- Designing against death -- Earthquake timeline

resource.variantTitle

Earthquake

Classification