The Last Day : Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake Of 1755
by Shrady, Nicholas
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- 0670018511
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018512
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Synopsis
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. Earth, water, wind, and fire all conspired to produce a hellish catastrophe that lasted for a full five days and left Lisbon thoroughly annihilated. Nicholas Shrady's unique account of this first modern disaster and its aftereffects successfully articulates the outcome of the earthquake-the eighteenth-century equivalent of a mass media frenzy giving rise to a host of other fascinating developments, such as disaster preparedness, landmark social reform, urban planning, and the birth of seismology.
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- Better World Books (US)
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- Title
- The Last Day : Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake Of 1755
- Author
- Shrady, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670018511
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018512
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- This edition first published
- April 10, 2008
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