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Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei EDO Earthquake Tapa dura - 2013
de Gregory Smits
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- Título Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei EDO Earthquake
- Autor Gregory Smits
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st Edition
- Páginas 272
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial University of Hawaii Press
- Fecha de publicación 2013
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780824838171 / 0824838173
- Peso 1.2 libras (0.54 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 pulgadas (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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Temas
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Earthquakes - Japan - History, Earthquakes in literature
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2013010525
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.220
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Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei Edo Eart hquake
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US: University of Hawaii Press, 2013. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. What are we to make of contemporary newspapers in Japan speculating about t he possible connection between aquatic creatures and earthquakes? Of a city council deciding to issue evacuation advice based on observed animal behav ior? Why, between 1977 and 1993, did Japan's government spend taxpayer mone y to observe catfish in aquariums as part of its mandate to fund earthquake prediction research? All of these actions are direct legacies of the 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake, one of the major natural disasters of the period. In his investigation of the science, politics, and lore of seismic events in J apan, Gregory Smits examines this earthquake in a broad historical context. The Ansei Edo earthquake shook the shogun's capital during a year of special religious significance and at a time of particularly vigorous seismic activity. It was also a turning point because, according to the prevailing understanding of earthquakes at the time, it…
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