Volcanoes in Human History The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions

Name: Volcanoes in Human History The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions
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ISBN: 9780691118383

ISBN-10: 0691118388

ISBN-13: 9780691118383

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, Donald Theodore Sanders, Robert D. Ballard

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When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as 100,000 people perished as a result of the blast and an ensuing famine caused by the destruction of rice fields on Sumbawa and neighboring islands. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in the infamous ''year without a summer'' in North America, food riots in Europe, and a widespread cholera epidemic. And the gloomy weather inspired Mary Shelley to write the gothic novelFrankenstein. This book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events, explaining the related geology for the general reader and exploring the myriad ways in which the earth's volcanism…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/21/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.61" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


Table of Conversion



Volcanism: Origins and Consequences


Sidebar: Dating of Volcanic Events



The Hawaiian Islands and the Legacy of Pelee the Fire Goddess



The Bronze Age Eruption of Thera: Destroyer of Atlantis and Minoan Crete?



The Eruption of Vesuvius in 79 C.E.: Cultural Reverberations through the Ages



Iceland: Coming Apart at the Seams



The Eruption of Tambora in 1815 and "the Year without a Summer"


Sidebar: Mount Toba: Bigger than Tambora



Krakatu, 1883: Devastation, Death, and Ecologic Revival


Sidebar: The Ghosts of Merapi



The 1902 Eruption of Mount Pelee: A Geological Catastrophe with Political Overtones


Sidebar: Mount Pelee and the Panama Canal



Tristan da Cunba in 1961: Exile to the Twentieth Century



Mount St. Helens in 1980: Catastrophe in the Cascades


Afterword


Glossary


Notes and References


Selected Bibliography


Index