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Author Rowland, Ingrid D. (Ingrid Drake)

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

Imprint Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  937.7 ROWLAND    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  937.7 ROW    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  937.7 ROWLAND    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  937.7 R79    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  937.7 ROWLAND    Check Shelf
Description 340 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Pompeii (Extinct city) -- History.
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Civilization.
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs.
Tourism -- Italy -- Naples (Province) -- History.
ISBN 9780674047938 (hbk.)
0674047931 (hbk.)
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