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Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei EDO Earthquake Hardcover - 2013
by Gregory Smits
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- Title Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei EDO Earthquake
- Author Gregory Smits
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press
- Date 2013
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780824838171 / 0824838173
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Earthquakes - Japan - History, Earthquakes in literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013010525
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.220
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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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