Disaster! : a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophies /
Withington, John, 1947-
Disaster! : a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophies / John Withington. - New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2010. - 391 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Floods -- Storms -- Other extreme weather and a mysterious poisoning -- Plagues -- Other diseases -- Famine -- War and invasion -- Murder by the state -- Rebellions, riots, and terrorism -- Fires -- Explosions and mass poisonings -- Stampedes, collapses, and mass panics -- Shipwrecks -- Train crashes -- Air crashes -- Other transport disasters.
Explores numerous environment, biological, and man-mad disasters, from Noah's flood and a hailstorm that killed 246 people to the Black Death and twentieth-century genocides.
160239749X : HRD $24.95 9781602397491
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Disasters--History.
Natural disasters--History.
World history.
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Disaster! : a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophies / John Withington. - New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2010. - 391 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Floods -- Storms -- Other extreme weather and a mysterious poisoning -- Plagues -- Other diseases -- Famine -- War and invasion -- Murder by the state -- Rebellions, riots, and terrorism -- Fires -- Explosions and mass poisonings -- Stampedes, collapses, and mass panics -- Shipwrecks -- Train crashes -- Air crashes -- Other transport disasters.
Explores numerous environment, biological, and man-mad disasters, from Noah's flood and a hailstorm that killed 246 people to the Black Death and twentieth-century genocides.
160239749X : HRD $24.95 9781602397491
W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795
2009038912
Disasters--History.
Natural disasters--History.
World history.
D24 / .W54 2010
909