Disaster! : a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophies / John Withington.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.Description: 391 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 160239749X : HRD
  • 9781602397491
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909 22
LOC classification:
  • D24 .W54 2010
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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