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Seismic Japan : the long history and continuing legacy of the Ansei Edo earthquake /
What are we to make of contemporary newspapers in Japan speculating about the possible connection between aquatic creatures and earthquakes? Why did Japan's government spend taxpayer money to observe catfish in aquariums as part of its mandate to fund earthquake prediction research? These actio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai' i Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What are we to make of contemporary newspapers in Japan speculating about the possible connection between aquatic creatures and earthquakes? Why did Japan's government spend taxpayer money to observe catfish in aquariums as part of its mandate to fund earthquake prediction research? These actions are legacies of the 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake. In his investigation of the science, politics, and lore of seismic events in Japan, Gregory Smits examines this earthquake in a broad historical context. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780824839109 0824839102 9780824870997 0824870999 |