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Autore |
Walker Charles F. <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Shaky colonialism : the 1746 earthquake-tsunami in Lima, Peru, and its long aftermath / / Charles F. Walker |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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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 |
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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Earthquakes, tsunamis, absolutism, and Lima -- Balls of fire : premonitions and the destruction of Lima -- City of kings : before and after -- Stabilizing the unstable and ordering the disorderly -- Contending notions of Lima : obstacles to urban reform in the aftermath -- Licentious friars, wandering nuns, and tangled censos : a shakeup of the church -- Controlling women's bodies and placating God's wrath : moral reform -- "All these Indian and black people bear us no good will" : the Lima and Huarochiri rebellions of 1750. |
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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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