Last Day Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake Of 1755

Name: Last Day Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake Of 1755
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ISBN: 9780143114604

ISBN-10: 0143114603

ISBN-13: 9780143114604

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nicholas Shrady

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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.

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/31/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.93" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments



All Saints' Day



Order Out of Chaos



Taking Stock



Alis Ubbo ... Olisipo ... Al-Ushbuna ... Lisboa



A Golden Age, of Sorts



The Preacher and the Philosopher



Like a Phoenix from the Flames



Enlightenment at Any Price


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index