A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906 / Simon Winchester.

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Winchester, Simon

Material type: Text

text

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volume

ISBN:

0060571993 (alk. paper)
9780060571993

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DDC classification:

979.4/61051 22

LOC classification:

F869.S357 W56 2005

Summary: Discusses how the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 led to a greater scientific study of earthquakes in an attempt to understand the movements of the earth, and explains plate tectonics theory, the creation of the San Andreas Fault, and the social and political shifts caused by the disaster.

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Includes a fold-out dustjacket.

Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-433) and index.

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Discusses how the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 led to a greater scientific study of earthquakes in an attempt to understand the movements of the earth, and explains plate tectonics theory, the creation of the San Andreas Fault, and the social and political shifts caused by the disaster.

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