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    Vesuvius / Gillian Darley.

    By: Darley, GillianMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.): Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012Description: 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674052857; 0674052854; 0674503775; 9780674503779Subject(s): Vesuvius (Italy) -- History | Volcanism -- Italy -- Vesuvius | Volcanism | Italy -- VesuviusGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 945/.73 LOC classification: QE523.V5 | D37 2012
    Contents:
    Early days -- Miracle or science? -- William Hamilton: made by Vesuvius -- Romantics -- Making Vesuvius -- Real geology, new focus -- Vesuvius and the wider world -- Visiting Vesuvius at home and abroad.
    Summary: "This cultural and scientific meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan religious beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing."
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    Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2011.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Early days -- Miracle or science? -- William Hamilton: made by Vesuvius -- Romantics -- Making Vesuvius -- Real geology, new focus -- Vesuvius and the wider world -- Visiting Vesuvius at home and abroad.

    "This cultural and scientific meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan religious beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing."

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