Main entry:

Tobriner, Stephen.

Title & Author:

Bracing for disaster : earthquake-resistant architecture and engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933 / Stephen Tobriner.

Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Bancroft Library, University of California : Heyday Books, ©2006.

Description:

xvii, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.
Location, location, location -- Fire, a compelling danger, 1849-1851 -- Earthquakes, weighing the danger, 1863/1869 -- Innovation: "earthquake-proof" systems, 1868-1880 -- Earthquake-resistant construction, 1889-1905 -- What really happened in the great earthquake of April 18, 1906 -- The fire, April 18-21, 1906 -- Assessment of damage in the 1906 earthquake: a centennial perspective -- The fire did it: recovery, reconstruction, and insurance, 1906-1910 -- Fire Codes, 1906-1915 -- New earthquake codes -- A tale of two water systems -- San Francisco, the phoenix rising, 1906-1915 -- Reality replaces my63705786th, 1925-1933.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1597140252 (pbk.)
9781597140256 (pbk.)

Subject:

Buildings Earthquake effects.
Earthquake engineering.
Constructions Effets des tremblements de terre sur.
Génie parasismique.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247960
Call No.: TA658.44 .T6 2006
Status: Available