Vesuvius : a biography / Alwyn Scarth.
Scarth, Alwyn.
2009
QE523.V5 S23 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Vesuvius : a biography / Alwyn Scarth.
Author
Scarth, Alwyn.
ISBN
9780691143903
0691143900
Publication Details
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
ix, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
QE523.V5 S23 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.210945/73
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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