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TWO. The Planet in the Village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788–1897

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. ONE. The Human Seismograph 15
  4. TWO. The Planet in the Village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788–1897 25
  5. THREE. News of the Apocalypse 45
  6. FOUR. The Tongues of Seismology: Switzerland, 1855–1912 69
  7. FIVE. Geographies of Hazard 103
  8. SIX. The Moment of Danger 125
  9. SEVEN. Fault Lines and Borderlands: Imperial Austria, 1880–1914 141
  10. EIGHT. What Is the Earth? 163
  11. NINE. The Youngest Land: California, 1853–1906 187
  12. TEN. A True Measure of Violence: California, 1906–1935 215
  13. Conclusion 267
  14. Acknowledgments 279
  15. Notes 281
  16. Bibliography 315
  17. Index 345
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. ONE. The Human Seismograph 15
  4. TWO. The Planet in the Village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788–1897 25
  5. THREE. News of the Apocalypse 45
  6. FOUR. The Tongues of Seismology: Switzerland, 1855–1912 69
  7. FIVE. Geographies of Hazard 103
  8. SIX. The Moment of Danger 125
  9. SEVEN. Fault Lines and Borderlands: Imperial Austria, 1880–1914 141
  10. EIGHT. What Is the Earth? 163
  11. NINE. The Youngest Land: California, 1853–1906 187
  12. TEN. A True Measure of Violence: California, 1906–1935 215
  13. Conclusion 267
  14. Acknowledgments 279
  15. Notes 281
  16. Bibliography 315
  17. Index 345
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