Shaky colonialism
Subtitle: the 1746 earthquake-tsunami in Lima, Peru, and its long aftermath
By: Charles F. Walker.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780822341727; 9780822341895
Subjects: Earthquakes -- Social aspects -- Peru -- Lima; Earthquakes -- Peru -- Lima -- Psychological aspects; Lima (Peru) -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Earthquakes, tsunamis, absolutism, and Lima; title: Balls of fire : premonitions and the destruction of Lima; title: The city of kings : before and after; title: Stabilizing the unstable and ordering the disorderly; title: Contending notions of Lima : obstacles to urban reform in the aftermath; title: Licentious friars, wandering nuns, and tangled censos : a shakeup of the church; title: Controlling women's bodies and placating God's wrath : moral reform; title: "All these Indian and Black people bear us no good will" : the Lima and Huarochirí rebellions of 1750; title: Epilogue: Aftershocks and echoes.