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Shaky colonialism : the 1746 earthquake-tsunami in Lima, Peru, and its long aftermath
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Shaky colonialism : the 1746 earthquake-tsunami in Lima, Peru, and its long aftermath

Charles F. Walker

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Earthquakes, tsunamis, absolutism, and Lima
Balls of fire : premonitions and the destruction of Lima
The 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 Huarochirí rebellions of 1750
Epilogue: Aftershocks and echoes.

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Shaky colonialism : the 1746 earthquake-tsunami in Lima, Peru, and its long aftermath by Charles F. Walker. ISBN 9780822341895. Published by Duke University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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