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Author:

Rowland, Ingrid D. (Ingrid Drake)

Title:

From Pompeii : the afterlife of a Roman town / Ingrid D. Rowland.

Publisher:

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

340 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Pompeii (Extinct city)--History.
Pompeii (Extinct city)--Civilization.
Pompeii (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.
Tourism--Naples (Province)--Naples (Province)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Naples, 1962 -- Pompeii, May 2013 -- The blood of San Gennaro and the eruption of Vesuvius -- Before Pompeii : Kircher and Holste -- Mr. Freeman goes to Herculaneum -- The rediscovery of Pompeii -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Further excavations -- Karl Bryullov -- Railway tourism -- Charles Dickens and Mark Twain -- Giuseppe Fiorelli, "the pope" of Pompeii -- Bartolo Longo -- The social role of tourist cameos -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- The legacy of August Mau -- Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan -- Don Amedeo Maiuri -- Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman -- Autobus gran turismo -- Coda : Atomic Pizza.

ISBN:

0674047931 (hbk.)
9780674047938 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2013037835

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)