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Past Vulnerability : Vulcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present /

"Breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the recent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines - from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Aarhus universitet, Laboratory for Past Disaster Science (Århus, Denmark)
Otros Autores: Reide, Felix
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the recent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines - from anthropology to literature studies and from archaeology to theology - discuss the impacts of volcanic eruptions inhuman history and prehistory."--
Notas:Cover title has typo: Past vulnerability: vulcanic eruptions.
International conference proceedings.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (279 pages): illustrations (chiefly color), maps, charts
ISBN:9788771840247