Earthquake by Andrew Robinson
Beijing and Jakarta, Tehran and Tokyo, Istanbul and Los Angeles are among the more than 60 large cities at risk from an earthquake. This book describes major earthquakes and their effects on societies around the world, as well as the ways in which cultures have mythologized earthquakes through religion, the arts and popular culture.
Andrew Robinson is the author of some 25 books on the arts and sciences, and writes for Current World Archaeology, The Lancet, Nature and Science. His recent books include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Undeciphered Scripts (2009), Earthquake: Nature and Culture (Reaktion, 2012) and India: A Short History (2014). He has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780230276 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780230273 |
| Title | Earthquake |
| Author | Andrew Robinson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2012-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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