About this title: 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 novel Frankenstein. This book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events, explaining the ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691050812ISBN:0691050813
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine- jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Hardback A New Book-But has "Bookspan" stamp on bottom outer page edges. DJ has light surface rubbing-mainly on back side. SKU #H-402. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780691050812ISBN:0691050813
Description: Hardcover. Used. Some Writing; Missing Dust Jacket/Frayed Corners. SKU: 19388779 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780691050812 Used. Some Writing; Missing Dust Jacket/Frayed Corners. SKU: 19388779 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee. read more
Edition: First Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: Octavo; vg+/wraps; brown to black fade on spine with orange text; minor shelf wear and bumping; else fine; ---ISBN 0-691-11838-8. Earth Sciences/Geology (Science & Tech). 7-130-98. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. This is a good looking book. This book has lightly bumped corners and edges along with a general crease on the front cover. This is a great reading copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Your book will be custom double-wrapped & over-taped to help assure you get it undamaged. Books sold in support of the World Outreach Project s efforts to lift up the world one person at a time. Ships Daily M-F read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: Good. 0691118388 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: Good. 0691118388 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: New. "Most people seldom think about volcanoes or the role they have played in human history. Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders...examine the relationship between volcanoes and human history....[Their] chilling examples show the p... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN:0691118388
Description: New. Tells the story of nine volcanic events, explaining the related geology for the general reader and exploring the ways in which the earth's volcanism has affected human history. This book describes how volcanic activity has had long-lasting effects on... read more
"This is my favorite kind of academic press book - one with an interesting story that is tightly written and well-conceived. It gives a decent chapter's space to 9 different volcanic eruptions or regions and ties them to long range effects. Interesting stuff."
"So with a) my rediscovery of the local libraries and b) my having to sit still 1/2 hour a day...(don't ask)...I've been reading more...
Loved this book. Volcanoes are just cool and this book went through 8 significant (though sometimes not sizable) eruptions, including one on Tristan da Cunha, which is this teeny island in the middle of the Atlantic...barely inhabited.
It's just a fun exploration backed up with some serious science about how each volcanic eruption had long last effects on the history of the people that survived it.
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