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Jones, Lucile M.
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Natural disasters -- History.
Natural disasters -- Social aspects.
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Jones, Lucile M.
Natural disasters -- History.
Natural disasters -- Social aspects.
MARC Display
The
big
ones
:
how
natural
disasters
have
shaped
us
(and
what
we
can
do
about
them
) / Dr. Lucy Jones.
by
Jones, Lucile M.
Doubleday, c2018.
Call #:
363.34 J77bo
Subjects
Natural
disasters
-- History.
Natural
disasters
-- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9780385542708 (hardback)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242)
Contents:
Brimstone and fire from out of Heaven : Pompeii, Roman Empire, AD 79 -- Bury the dead and feed the living : Lisbon, Portugal, 1755 -- The greatest catastrophe : Iceland, 1783 --
What
we
forget : California, United States, 1861-62 -- Finding faults : Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, 1923 -- When the levee breaks : Mississippi, United States, 1927 -- Celestial disharmony : Tangshan, China, 1976 --
Disasters
without borders : the Indian Ocean, 2004 -- A study in failure : New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 2005 -- To court disaster: L'Aquila, Italy, 2009 -- The Island of Ill Fortune : Tohoku, Japan, 2011 -- Resilience by design : Los Angeles, California, sometime in the future.
Summary:
By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of
natural
disasters
, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking
about
the
ones
to come Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed our ability to withstand
them
that they become
disasters
. Viewed together, these events have
shaped
our cities and their architecture; elevated leaders and toppled governments; influenced the way
we
think, feel, fight, unite, and pray. The history of
natural
disasters
is a history of ourselves. In The
Big
Ones
, renowned seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones offers a bracing look at some of our most devastating
natural
events, whose reverberations
we
continue to feel today. Spanning from the destruction of Pompeii in AD 79 to the hurricanes of 2017, it considers disaster's role in the formation of our religions; exposes the limits of human memory; and demonstrates the potential of globalization to humanize and heal. With temperatures rising around the world,
natural
disasters
are striking with greater frequency than ever before. More than just history or science, The
Big
Ones
presents a call to action.
Natural
hazards are inevitable; human catastrophes are not. With this energizing and exhaustively researched book, Dr. Jones offers a look at our past, readying
us
to face down the
Big
Ones
in our future.
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