Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions.(book by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders )(Book Review)

Publication: Natural History

Publication Date: 01-JUN-05

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Earthquakes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders Princeton University Press, 2005; $24.95

What's shakin'? The question might have made a snappy title for this book, instantly drawing the reader's attention to the human side of earthquakes. Tremors in the earth, after all, change not only the landscape but also the course of human affairs. From ancient times--for example, in the biblical account of the fall of the walls of Jericho and the subsequent rise of the Israelite nation--geologic, social, economic, and even political changes...

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