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the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

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An edition of Krakatoa (2003)

Krakatoa

the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

1st U.S. ed.

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Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism.

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Harper-Collins
Language
English
Pages
416

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Subjects
Volcanoes, Eruption, 1883, History, Natural disasters, Social aspects, Indonesia, history
Places
Krakatoa (Indonesia), Indonesia
Times
19th century

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Krakatoa
June 3, 2004, Penguin Books Ltd
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Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
2003, Thorndike Press
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Krakatoa
May 6, 2003, Viking
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Krakatoa
2003, Harper Collins, Perennial / Harper-collins
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Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
2003, Harper-Collins
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded 27th August 1883
June 2003, Penguin Books Ltd
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Table of Contents

"An island with a pointed mountain"
The crocodile in the canal
Close encounters on the Wallace Line
The moments when the mountain moved
The unchaining of the gates of Hell
A league from the last of the sun
The curious case of the terrified elephant
The paroxysm, the flood, and the crack of doom
Rebellion of a ruined people
The rising of the son
Epilogue : the place the world exploded
Recommendations for (and, in one case, against) further reading and viewing.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-396) and index.

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Other Titles
Day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
551.21095982
Library of Congress
QE523.K73 W56 2003b, QE523.K73W56 2003b, QE 523 .K73 W56 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 416 p. :
Number of pages
416

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3708082M
Internet Archive
krakatoadayworld0000winc_m3v1
ISBN 10
0066212855
LCCN
2003283118
OCLC/WorldCat
51946267
Library Thing
14564
Goodreads
972389

First Sentence

"Though we think first of Java as an eponym for coffee (or, to some today, a computer language), it is in fact the trading of aromatic tropical spices on which the fortunes of the great island colonizers and western discoverers were first found."

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