Vesuvius : : A Biography / / Alwyn Scarth.
The volcano that has fascinated scientists, writers, and poets for two millenniaCapricious, vibrant, and volatile, Vesuvius has been and remains one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes. In its rage, it has destroyed whole cities and buried thousands alive. In its calm, its ashes have fertil...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Campanian volcanoes: in the beginning
- 3 The Avellino eruption: a prelude to Pompeii
- 4 The eruption in AD 79: the day of wrath
- 5 From antiquity to the Renaissance: tall stories
- 6 The eruption of Monte Nuovo: a new approach
- 7 The eruption in 1631: the Counter Reformation
- 8 The old cities rediscovered: antiquity protected
- 9 Hamilton and Vesuvius: volcano-watching
- 10 Vesuvius as a tourist attraction: the Grand Tour
- 11 Persistent activity 1822–1944: scientific scrutiny
- 12 The Campi Flegrei: an eruption that failed
- 13 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
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index