Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Table of Conversions xvii
7. 1. Volcanism: Origins and Consequences 1
8. 2. The Hawaiian Islands and the Legacy of Pele the Fire Goddess 22
9. 3. The Bronze Age Eruption of Thera: Destroyer of Atlantis and Minoan Crete? 47
10. 4. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 79 c.e.: Cultural Reverberations through the Ages 74
11. 5. Iceland: Coming Apart at the Seams 108
12. 6. The Eruption of Tambora in 1815 and “the Year without a Summer” 138
13. 7. Krakatau, 1883: Devastation, Death, and Ecologic Revival 157
14. 8. The 1902 Eruption of Mount Pelée: A Geological Catastrophe with Political Overtones 186
15. 9. Tristan da Cunha in 1961: Exile to the Twentieth Century 209
16. 10. Mount St. Helens in 1980: Catastrophe in the Cascades 228
17. Afterword 250
18. Glossary 251
19. Notes and References 261
20. Selected Bibliography 279
21. Index 281