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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457962803321

Autore

Poole Otis Manchester <1880-1978, >

Titolo

The death of old Yokohama : in the great Japanese earthquake of September 1, 1923 / / Otis Manchester Poole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2011, c1968

ISBN

1-136-92483-3

1-136-92484-1

1-283-03766-1

9786613037664

0-203-84510-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 41

Disciplina

952.032

952.13

952/.13

Soggetti

Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923

Earthquakes - Japan - Yokohama-shi

Electronic books.

Yokohama-shi (Japan) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1968.

Nota di contenuto

1. Yokohama before the catastrophe -- 2. Saturday, September 1, 1923 -- 3. Sunday, September 2 -- 4. Exodus -- 5. Phoenix -- 6. Aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

It was almost noon in the picturesque city of Yokohama on Saturday, September 1st 1923 when the first sway of one of the world's most destructive earthquakes was felt. The first great shock lasted for four minutes and in that time every building in the city was destroyed, together with 100,000 of its Japanese inhabitants and one eighth of its foreign community. Other shocks followed and then fire which swept through the ruins with hurricane speed, suffocating and burning to death thousands trapped in wreckage or trying to flee. A first-hand account of the disaster told by a survi