Magnitude 8 Earthquakes and Life Along the San Andreas Fault
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Environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin offers a vivid history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the seismic scar that bisects the Golden State's spectacular scenery. The author includes dramatic stories of legendary earthquakes elsewhere: in New York, New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, Europe, and the Far East. Combining human and natural dramas, he places the reader at the epicenter of the most invisible, unpredictable, and feared of the earth's violent phenomena. On the eve of the millennium, as cyberspace crackles with apocalyptic visions, Fradkin reaches beyond the earthshaking moment to examine the mythology, culture, social implications, politics, and science of earthquakes.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520221192 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 27 Oct 1999 |
DEWEY: | 551.2209794 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 348 |
Weight: | 499g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 23mm |