| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. |
| Contents |
Eruption in 1792 -- Eruption in 1851 -- Perceived implications of the eruption in 1851 -- Fumes in the Etang Sec -- Eruption begins -- Warning fumes -- Eruption begins -- An election and other activities -- Sunday 27 April -- Safety in Saint-Pierre -- First ash and dust fall on Saint-Pierre -- Repentance at Le Morne-Rouge -- Governor visits Saint-Pierre and Le Precheur -- Charles and Emilie Dujon flee to safety -- A volcanic shroud for Saint-Pierre -- Volcanic zeal -- A weekend for writing letters -- First victims of the eruption -- Destruction of the Guerin factory -- Sea wave, or tsunami -- Exodus from Fonds-Core -- Arrival of the Suchet -- Governor Mouttet's second visit to Saint-Pierre -- A message from the mayor -- A turbulent night -- A change in activity -- Governor Mouttet returns again to Le Precheur -- A prophecy -- A chance to leave Saint-Pierre -- "What better place to be ..." -- Abbe Parel returns to Sainte-Philomene and Le Precheur -- Cable repairs -- Governor Mouttet appoints a scientific commission -- An interview with Monsieur Landes -- An alternative view from the Orsolina -- Lieutenant Hebert visits the Fort market -- First nuees ardentes -- A rival eruption -- Anguish in Saint-Pierre -- Governor Mouttet moves to Saint-Pierre -- Miraculous repairs -- More decisions to leave Saint-Pierre -- 7 May in Le Morne-Rouge -- Night of 7-8 May at Trouvaillant -- Moods in Saint-Pierre on the evening of 7 May -- Last letter from Saint-Pierre -- Ascension Day dawns. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Eruption of Mount Pelée (Mount Pelée, Martinique : 1902) |
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Volcanoes -- Martinique.
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Volcanoes. |
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Martinique. |
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Pelée, Mount (Martinique) -- Eruption, 1902.
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Saint-Pierre (Martinique) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scarth, Alwyn. Catastrophe. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2002025019 |
| ISBN |
9780195345841 (electronic book) |
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0195345843 (electronic book) |
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1429403586 (electronic book) |
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9781429403580 (electronic book) |
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1280534729 |
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9781280534720 |
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9780195218398 (cloth) |
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0195218396 (cloth) |
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