Seismic Japan : : The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei Edo Earthquake /

Seismic Japan : : The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei Edo Earthquake / / Gregory Smits.

What are we to make of contemporary newspapers in Japan speculating about the possible connection between aquatic creatures and earthquakes? Of a city council deciding to issue evacuation advice based on observed animal behavior? Why, between 1977 and 1993, did Japan's government spend taxpayer...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Smits, Gregory,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 10 illustrations, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Earthquakes in the Early Modern Era
  • Chapter 2. Why the Earth Shakes
  • Chapter 3. Japan According to Earthquakes
  • Chapter 4. The Ansei Edo Earthquake
  • Chapter 5. Meanings
  • Chapter 6. Into the Twenty-First Century
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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