Citation
(2004), "Volcanoes", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 13 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2004.07313aae.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Volcanoes
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded August 27, 1883Winchester, S.HarperCollins2003432 pp.ISBN 0141015624$25.95 (£5.95)
In this volume, the author offers accounts of the events surrounding the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, which had world-wide repercussions and marked the first time in history that a major catastrophic event on one side of the world could be communicated to the other side within just a few hours, thanks to the recent completion of the global telegraph cable system and the Reuters news agency. The author includes various eyewitness accounts to describe a blast so immense that it literally destroyed the island on which the volcano was located and whose effects were felt thousands of miles away. The impact of the explosion continued for years in unforeseen ways – in impressionist art, in forecasting the weather, and in the fate of the Muslim community in the region.