Author: Grove Karl GilbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906
Author: Grove Karl GilbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906, and Their Effects on Structures and Structural Materials
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire of April 18, 1906 --.
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Effects of the San Francisco Earthquake of April 18th, 1906, on Engineering Construction
Author: A History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco
Author: Frank W. AitkenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Picture Story of the San Francisco Earthquake, Wednesday, April 18, 1906 ...
Author: Scenes of the San Francisco Fire and Earthquake, April 18, 1906
Author: Phoenix Photo CoPublisher:
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
One of four booklets of scenes of San Francisco and environs after the earthquake and fire, with captions.
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906, and Their Effects on Structures and Structural Materials
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Author: Richard HansenPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738596582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A huge earthquake rocked the West Coast on April 18, 1906. Worst hit was the city of San Francisco, where buildings collapsed and fires raged for days. Thousands of people died, and many more were left homeless. The disaster was just one of a long series of earthquakes triggered by the San Andreas Fault. It taught scientists valuable lessons about preparing for earthquakes.
Seismic City
Author: Joanna L. DylPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 029574247X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
On April 18, 1906, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco region, igniting fires that burned half the city. The disaster in all its elements — earthquake, fires, and recovery — profoundly disrupted the urban order and challenged San Francisco’s perceived permanence. The crisis temporarily broke down spatial divisions of class and race and highlighted the contested terrain of urban nature in an era of widespread class conflict, simmering ethnic tensions, and controversial reform efforts. From a proposal to expel Chinatown from the city center to a vision of San Francisco paved with concrete in the name of sanitation, the process of reconstruction involved reenvisioning the places of both people and nature. In their zeal to restore their city, San Franciscans downplayed the role of the earthquake and persisted in choosing patterns of development that exacerbated risk. In this close study of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl examines the decades leading up to the catastrophic event and the city’s recovery from it. Combining urban environmental history and disaster studies, Seismic City demonstrates how the crisis and subsequent rebuilding reflect the dynamic interplay of natural and human influences that have shaped San Francisco.