Past vulnerability : volcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present /
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Meeting name: | Conference on Past Vulnerabilty and Volcanic Hazards (2013 Aarhus University) |
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Imprint: | Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2015] ©2015 |
Description: | 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, charts. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12593309 |
Varying Form of Title: | Volcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present Past vulnerability: vulcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present |
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Other authors / contributors: | Reide, Felix. Laboratory for Past Disaster Science (Århus, Denmark) Aarhus universitet. |
ISBN: | 9788771840247 8771840249 9788771242324 8771242325 |
Notes: | International conference proceedings. Cover title has typo: Past vulnerability: vulcanic eruptions. Includes bibliographical references. Print version record. |
Summary: | "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."-- |
Other form: | Print version: Conference on Past Vulnerabilty and Volcanic Hazards (2013 Aarhus University). Past vulnerability. Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2015] 9788771242324 |
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