A crack in the edge of the world / Winchester, Simon

ISBN13: 
9780060571993
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acrackintheedgeoftheworldamericaandthegreatcaliforniaearthquakeof1906
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979.4

A crack in the edge of the world

America and the great California earthquake of 1906
2005
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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