The earthquake observers [[electronic resource] ] : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / / Deborah R. Coen
| The earthquake observers [[electronic resource] ] : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / / Deborah R. Coen |
| Autore | Coen Deborah R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.209/034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earthquakes - Observations - History - 19th century
Seismology - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-73328-5
0-226-11183-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- ONE. The Human Seismograph -- TWO. The Planet in the Village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788-1897 -- THREE. News of the Apocalypse -- FOUR. The Tongues of Seismology: Switzerland, 1855-1912 -- FIVE. Geographies of Hazard -- SIX. The Moment of Danger -- SEVEN. Fault Lines and Borderlands: Imperial Austria, 1880-1914 -- EIGHT. What Is the Earth? -- NINE. The Youngest Land: California, 1853-1906 -- TEN. A True Measure of Violence: California, 1906-1935 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462178803321 |
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2012 | ||
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The earthquake observers [[electronic resource] ] : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / / Deborah R. Coen
| The earthquake observers [[electronic resource] ] : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / / Deborah R. Coen |
| Autore | Coen Deborah R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.209/034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earthquakes - Observations - History - 19th century
Seismology - History |
| Soggetto non controllato | earthquakes, destruction, natural disasters, alexander von humboldt, charles darwin, mark twain, chalres dickens, karl kraus, ernst mach, john muir, william james, women, gender, memoir, scientific research, physical sciences, geology, citizen science, richter scale, nature, environment, environmentalism, nonfiction, seismology, history, scotland, switzerland, hazard, danger, panic, confusion, fault lines, tectonic plates, austria, california, conservation, preservation, stem |
| ISBN |
1-283-73328-5
0-226-11183-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- ONE. The Human Seismograph -- TWO. The Planet in the Village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788-1897 -- THREE. News of the Apocalypse -- FOUR. The Tongues of Seismology: Switzerland, 1855-1912 -- FIVE. Geographies of Hazard -- SIX. The Moment of Danger -- SEVEN. Fault Lines and Borderlands: Imperial Austria, 1880-1914 -- EIGHT. What Is the Earth? -- NINE. The Youngest Land: California, 1853-1906 -- TEN. A True Measure of Violence: California, 1906-1935 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786363403321 |
Coen Deborah R
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The earthquake observers : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / / Deborah R. Coen
| The earthquake observers : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter / / Deborah R. Coen |
| Autore | Coen Deborah R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.209/034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Earthquakes - Observations - History - 19th century
Seismology - History |
| ISBN |
9781283733281
1283733285 9780226111834 0226111830 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- ONE. The Human Seismograph -- TWO. The Planet in the Village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788-1897 -- THREE. News of the Apocalypse -- FOUR. The Tongues of Seismology: Switzerland, 1855-1912 -- FIVE. Geographies of Hazard -- SIX. The Moment of Danger -- SEVEN. Fault Lines and Borderlands: Imperial Austria, 1880-1914 -- EIGHT. What Is the Earth? -- NINE. The Youngest Land: California, 1853-1906 -- TEN. A True Measure of Violence: California, 1906-1935 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910957993103321 |
Coen Deborah R
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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