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Poole Otis Manchester <1880-1978, > |
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The death of old Yokohama : in the great Japanese earthquake of September 1, 1923 / / Otis Manchester Poole |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2011, c1968 |
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1-136-92483-3 |
1-136-92484-1 |
1-283-03766-1 |
9786613037664 |
0-203-84510-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (90 p.) |
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Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 41 |
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Soggetti |
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Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923 |
Earthquakes - Japan - Yokohama-shi |
Electronic books. |
Yokohama-shi (Japan) History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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1. Yokohama before the catastrophe -- 2. Saturday, September 1, 1923 -- 3. Sunday, September 2 -- 4. Exodus -- 5. Phoenix -- 6. Aftermath. |
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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 |
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