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The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

The Last Day: Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicholas ShradyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2009-03-31Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143114604ISBN-10:143114603UPC:9780143114604Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:Europe, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, ModernBook Topic:Spain, 18th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.42 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCVC1RTW68
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143114604ISBN-10:143114603UPC:9780143114604Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:Europe, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, ModernBook Topic:Spain, 18th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.42 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SCVC1RTW68
Nicholas Shrady is the author of Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail. His articles have appeared in Architectural Digest, The New York Times Book Review, Travel & Leisure, Forbes, and Town & Country.
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr

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