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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2009.Description: 391 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 160239749X
  • 9781602397491
DDC classification:
  • 909 22
LOC classification:
  • D24 .W54 2009
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.
Subject: Withington offers history's disasters to us in a way that surprises, terrifies, and entertains. He put the dangers of the modern world ia a new perspective and offers us a fresh way to look at our past.
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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.

Withington offers history's disasters to us in a way that surprises, terrifies, and entertains. He put the dangers of the modern world ia a new perspective and offers us a fresh way to look at our past.

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