Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization by Andrew Robinson

Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization

Andrew Robinson

256 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
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Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world’s largest cities – as many as ...

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