| Description |
xvii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Robert D. Ballard -- 1. Volcanism: Origins and Consequences -- Sidebar: Dating of Volcanic Events -- 2. The Hawaiian Islands and the Legacy of Pele the Fire Goddess -- 3. The Bronze Age Eruption of Thera: Destroyer of Atlantis and Minoan Crete? -- 4. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 79 C.E.: Cultural Reverberations through the Ages -- 5. Iceland: Coming Apart at the Seams -- 6. The Eruption of Tambora in 1815 and "the Year without a Summer" -- Sidebar: Mount Toba: Bigger Than Tambora -- 7. Krakatau, 1883: Devastation, Death, and Ecologic Revival -- Sidebar: The Ghosts of Merapi -- 8. The 1902 Eruption of Mount Pelee: A Geological Catastrophe with Political Overtones -- Sidebar: Mount Pelee and the Panama Canal -- 9. Tristan da Cunha in 1961: Exile to the Twentieth Century -- 10. Mount St. Helens in 1980: Catastrophe in the Cascades |
| Summary |
Beginning with the Bronze Age eruption that caused the demise of Minoan Crete, this book shows how volcanism shaped religion in Hawaii, permeated Icelandic mythology and literature, caused widespread population migrations, and spurred scientific discovery. 18 halftones. Illustrations & maps |
| Notes |
Includes Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 261-280 |
| Subject |
Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Human beings -- Effect of volcanic eruptions on.
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Volcanoes -- Mythology.
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Climate and civilization.
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Volcanism.
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Volcanoes.
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| Author |
Sanders, Donald Theodore.
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| LC no. |
2001095818 |
| ISBN |
0691050813 |
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0691118388 paperback |
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