Shaky Colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : The 1746 Earthquake-Tsunami in Lima, Peru, and Its Long Aftermath

• Autore: Walker Charles F
• Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 985/.25033
• Soggetto topico: Earthquakes - Social aspects - Peru - Lima; Earthquakes - Peru - Lima - Psychological aspects; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Lima (Peru) History 18th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shaky Colonialism
• ISBN: 0-8223-8892-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824905603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: a John Hope Franklin Center Book