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3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan
by Samuels, Richard J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801452007
- ISBN 13
- 9780801452000
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013. First Edition with full numberline. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 274 pages with a few black and white photographs, includes index. From jacket: "On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shock waves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline...it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet (which) in turn caused an unprecedented multireactor meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives, destroyed whole towns and... cost hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction." Jacket has edgewear, head and heel of spine and bottom back corner are bumped and there is some light soil on outside pages. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006252
- Title
- 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan
- Author
- Samuels, Richard J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0801452007
- ISBN 13
- 9780801452000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- First Edition; 1st Edition; Japan; Disaster Relief; Political Aspects; Tohuku Earthquake and Tsunami; Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Politics and Government; Environmental Disasters;
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Environment;
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