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2) Black death
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Describes the social and economic conditions in medieval Europe at the outbreak of the Black Death and the causes and effects of the epidemic.
3) Chicago fire
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An account of the fire that raged for twenty-four hours over much of Chicago in October 1871, destroying property and homes and killing at least 300 people.
6) Pompeii
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Describes the destruction of the city of Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
8) The Titanic
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An account of the 1912 sinking during her maiden voyage of the luxurious and supposedly unsinkable Titanic, the largest ship in the world at that time.
10) The Challenger
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Examines the Challenger disaster from a scientific and historic perspective and discusses its effect on the space shuttle program.
11) Chernobyl
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Examines the Chernobyl nuclear accident in its historical, cultural, political, and human contexts.
13) The Hindenburg
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Examines the aerial disaster of the Hindenburg zeppelin from a historical, scientific, and human perspective.
14) Hiroshima
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Discusses the events leading to and following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, including scientific, historical, political, and cultural contexts.
16) Krakatoa
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Explores the eruption of Krakatoa in its cultural, historical, and geographic contexts and discusses the effect on both people and environment.