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The End is Nigh
Henrik Svensen
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Description for The End is Nigh
Paperback. Presenting results from many scientific disciplines, including geology, anthropology and sociology, The End is Nigh explores the global history of natural disasters whilst investigating how these tragedies have changed us, the way that we live and how we think. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Spanning more than 2,000 years and many continents, this history of natural disasters includes the Lisbon earthquake of 1755; the San Francisco earthquake of 1906; the South Asian tsunami of 2004; and hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005; and explores many more. Instead of this book being a mere catalogue of the world's calamities, however, Henrik Svensen has selected incidents that have in some way or other changed the course of history or the way that we view such tragedies: the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, for instance, is a fine example of how earthquake management became a part ... Read more
Spanning more than 2,000 years and many continents, this history of natural disasters includes the Lisbon earthquake of 1755; the San Francisco earthquake of 1906; the South Asian tsunami of 2004; and hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005; and explores many more. Instead of this book being a mere catalogue of the world's calamities, however, Henrik Svensen has selected incidents that have in some way or other changed the course of history or the way that we view such tragedies: the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, for instance, is a fine example of how earthquake management became a part ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861898982
SKU
V9781861898982
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Ref
99-15
About Henrik Svensen
Henrik Svensen is a senior researcher at the Physics of Geological Processes Centre, University of Oslo, Norway.
Reviews for The End is Nigh
'Faced with its catalogue of plagues, fires, earthquakes and tsunamis, one can only hope that The End is Nigh proves an inaccurate title. But Henrik Svensen's fascinating book is more than a catalogue of catastrophes. When crops failed in Sweden a 1,000 years ago, the solution, tempting to us republicans, was a human sacrifice - of the king.' 'Not so ... Read more