Vesuvius : a biography
Exploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--From publisher's description
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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Princeton (N. J.) ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press
2022.
Paris : Cyberlibris |
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Vesuvius, a biography, Alwyn Scarth, Princeton (N. J.), Princeton University Press, 2009, 1 vol. (IX-342 p.), 978-0-691-14390-3 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Introduction
- Campanian volcanoes : in the beginning
- The Avellino eruption : a prelude to Pompeii
- The eruption in AD 79 : the day of wrath
- From antiquity to the Renaissance : tall stories
- The eruption of Monte Nuovo : a new approach
- The eruption in 1631 : the Counter Reformation
- The old cities rediscovered : antiquity protected
- Hamilton and Vesuvius : volcano-watching
- Vesuvius as a tourist attraction : the Grand Tour
- Persistent activity, 1822-1944 : scientific scrutiny
- The Campi Flegrei : an eruption that failed
- The future : the eruption to be avoided
- Appendix 1. The two letters of Pliny the Younger to Tacitus about the eruption of AD 79
- Appendix 2. Cassiodorus : Variae epistolae, letter 50