MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009925151
003 DLC
005 20110211084456.0
008 090323s2009 njuab b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aQE523.V5$bS23 2009
082 04 $a551.210945/73$222
100 1 $aScarth, Alwyn.
245 10 $aVesuvius :$ba biography /$cAlwyn Scarth.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2009.
300 $aix, 342 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
520 $aExploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--$cFrom publisher's description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 321-332) and index.
505 0 $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.
651 0 $aVesuvius (Italy)$xHistory.
650 0 $aVolcanism$zItaly$zVesuvius.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2009925151-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2009925151-d.html