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000342705 1001_ $$aScarth, Alwyn.
000342705 24510 $$aVesuvius :$$ba biography /$$cAlwyn Scarth.
000342705 260__ $$aPrinceton, N.J. :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c2009.
000342705 300__ $$aix, 342 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm.
000342705 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000342705 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- 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.
000342705 520__ $$aExploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--From publisher's description.
000342705 650_0 $$aVolcanism$$zItaly$$zVesuvius.
000342705 651_0 $$aVesuvius (Italy)$$xHistory.
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