Volcano
Nature and Culture
Distributed for Reaktion Books
For years, tourists have trekked across cracked rock at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano to witness the awe-inspiring sight of creeping lava and its devastating effects on the landscape. In 2010, Eyjafjallajökull erupted in Iceland, stranding travelers as a cloud of ash covered western and northern Europe, causing the largest disruption of air travel since World War II. And just a few months later, Mount Merapi blew in Indonesia, killing over 350 people and displacing over 350,000 others, awakening people once more to the dangerous potential of these sleeping giants.
“At last, a series of books on the earth for lay people that combine authoritative, succinct, and entertaining narrative with magnificent illustrations. The Earth series will make us marvel anew at the diversity and astounding beauty of the world around us. Each book will take popular understanding of the earth to a new level. No one seriously interested in the future of our planet should be without them.”
“An arresting collage of mythology, philosophy, literature, and spectacular works of visual art inspired by nature's most exuberant phenomenon—Hamilton's unique and imaginative miscellany and cultural geography of volcanoes and volcanology is a veritable treasure trove.”
1. 'The Whole Sea Boiled and Blazed'
2. The Geography, Science and Allure of Volcanoes
3. 'A Horrid Inundation of Fire'
4. Sir William Hamilton and the Lure of Vesuvius
5. The First Days of Graham Island and the Last Days of Pompeii
6. Krakatoa Shakes the World
7. 'The Night had Vanished': Vorticism and the Volcano
8. The Shifting Furnace
Eruption Timeline
References
Select Bibliography
Associations and Websites
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Earth Sciences: General Earth Sciences
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