The Last Day
Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Earthquakes, History, Modern, 18th Century, Spain & Portugal
| Author: | Nicholas Shrady | ISBN: | 9781440637438 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | April 10, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nicholas Shrady |
| ISBN: | 9781440637438 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 10, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. Earth, water, wind, and fire all conspired to produce a hellish catastrophe that lasted for a full five days and left Lisbon thoroughly annihilated. Nicholas Shrady's unique account of this first modern disaster and its aftereffects successfully articulates the outcome of the earthquake-the eighteenth-century equivalent of a mass media frenzy giving rise to a host of other fascinating developments, such as disaster preparedness, landmark social reform, urban planning, and the birth of seismology.
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. Earth, water, wind, and fire all conspired to produce a hellish catastrophe that lasted for a full five days and left Lisbon thoroughly annihilated. Nicholas Shrady's unique account of this first modern disaster and its aftereffects successfully articulates the outcome of the earthquake-the eighteenth-century equivalent of a mass media frenzy giving rise to a host of other fascinating developments, such as disaster preparedness, landmark social reform, urban planning, and the birth of seismology.
