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Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization
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Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world's largest cities - as many as sixty - lie in areas of major seismic activity. This book presents a scientific study of earthquakes.
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Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization, William Andrew Robinson
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- 2016
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- Title
- Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Andrew Robinson
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0500518599
- ISBN13
- 9780500518595
- Category
- Social sciences, History
- Description
- Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world's largest cities - as many as sixty - lie in areas of major seismic activity. This book presents a scientific study of earthquakes.