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Autore |
Walker Charles F |
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Titolo |
Shaky Colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima, Peru, and Its Long Aftermath |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Collana |
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a John Hope Franklin Center Book |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Earthquakes - Social aspects - Peru - Lima |
Earthquakes - Peru - Lima - Psychological aspects |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
Latin America |
Lima (Peru) History 18th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; One: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Absolutism, and Lima; Two: Balls of Fire: Premonitions and the Destruction of Lima; Three: The City of Kings: Before and After; Four: Stabilizing the Unstable and Ordering the Disorderly; Five: Contending Notions of Lima: Obstacles to Urban Reform in the Aftermath; Six: Licentious Friars, Wandering Nuns, and Tangled Censos: A Shakeup of the Church; Seven: Controlling Women's Bodies and Placating God's Wrath: Moral Reform; Eight: All These Indian and Black People Bear Us No Good Will": The Lima and Huarochirí Rebellions of 1750 |
Epilogue: Aftershocks and EchoesNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A social history of the earthquake-tsunami that struck Lima in October 1746, looking at how people in and beyond Lima understood and reacted to the natural disaster. |
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