Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake Of 1755
Paperback
Age range: + years old
Publication Date: 31/03/2009
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.
- ISBN:
- 9780143114604
- 9780143114604
- Category:
- European history
- Age range:
- + years old
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 31-03-2009
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 201.42x132.08x18.29mm
- Weight:
- 0.21kg
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