| Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along San Andreas Fault Contributor(s): Fradkin, Philip L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520221192 ISBN-13: 9780520221192 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: "This superb cautionary tale should be required reading for every Californian. (And smug New Yorkers will be shocked by Fradkin's surprising account of their own seismic vulnerability.)"--Mike Davis, author of "City of Quartz |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Earthquakes & Volcanoes |
| Dewey: 551.220 |
| LCCN: 99018476 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.08" W x 9.04" (1.06 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |