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Intro -- Title -- About the author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: Earthquakes and History -- 1 Earthquakes Before Seismology -- 2 The Year of Earthquakes: London, 1750 -- 3 The Wrath of God: Lisbon, 1755 -- 4 Birth of Nations: Caracas, 1812 -- 5 Seismology Begins: Naples, 1857 -- 6 Elastic Rebound: San Francisco, 1906 -- 7 Holocaust in Japan: Tokyo and Yokohama, 1923 -- 8 Birth Pang of a New China: Tangshan, 1976 -- 9 Grief and Growth in the Land of Gandhi: Gujarat, 2001 -- 10 War and Peace by Tsunami: The Indian Ocean, 2004 -- 11 Meltdown and After: Fukushima, 2011 -- Conclusion: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization -- Appendix: Chronology of Earthquakes -- Map -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.

Writing is a defining marker of civilisation; without it there could be no accumulation of knowledge. Andrew Robinson tells the fascinating story of the history of writing, considering its development, and examining the enormous variety of writing and scripts we use today.