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The Last Day Paperback - 2009
by Shrady, Nicholas,
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Shrady provides not only a vivid account of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, but also a stimulating survey of the many shock waves it sent throughout Western civilization.
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Details
- Title The Last Day
- Author Shrady, Nicholas,
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication date 2009-03-31
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6130908
- ISBN 9780143114604 / 0143114603
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.42 x 0.68 in (20.32 x 13.77 x 1.73 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Portuguese
- Cultural Region: Spanish
- Category History - General History
- Dewey Decimal Code 946.942
- Quantity available 5
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Summary
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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