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Bracing for Disaster: Earthquake-Resistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933
Bracing for Disaster EarthquakeResistant Architecture and Engineering in San Francisco 18381933
Author: Stephen Tobriner, Stephen Tobriner
In 1906, San Francisco was destroyed not by the terrible earthquake of April 18, but by the fires that ensued. Yet journalists and historians then?and now?have been quick to point out the speed and supposed sloppiness with which architects and engineers rebuild San Francisco after every major earthquake. The conventional wisdom holds that corrup...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781597140256
ISBN-10: 1597140252
Publication Date: 4/1/2006
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Heyday Books
Book Type: Paperback
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