Disaster!
Subtitle: a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophies
By: John Withington
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781620871812
Subjects: Disasters; History; Natural disasters; World history
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: ℗♭2010.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Volcanoes; title: Earthquakes; title: Tsunamis; title: Floods; title: Storms; title: Other extreme weather and a mysterious poisoning; title: Plagues; title: Other diseases; title: Famine; title: War and invasion; title: Murder by the state; title: Rebellions, riots and terrorism; title: Fires; title: Explosions and mass poisonings; title: Stampedes, collapses and mass panics; title: Shipwrecks; title: Train crashes; title: Air crashes; title: Other transport disasters.