A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906 / Simon Winchester.
By: Winchester, Simon.
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BookPublisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 462 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780060571993; 0060571993 (alk. paper).Subject(s): San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 | Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century | San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century | San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 | Earthquakes -- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History | San Francisco (Calif.) -- HistoryDDC classification: 979.4/61051 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.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes a fold-out dustjacket.
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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