Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 7
3. Contents 9
4. Illustrations 11
5. Preface 13
6. Chapter 1. Hutton and Werner: First Principles 19
7. Chapter 2. The Convergence of Geognosy and Geology, 1802 -1818 46
8. Chapter 3. Elie de Beaumont and the First Global Tectonics 69
9. Chapter 4. The Origin of Mountain Ranges : European Debate, 1830 - 1874 93
10. Chapter 5. The Debate in North America, 1840 - 1873 122
11. Chapter 6. The Problem of the Alps and a Solution : Eduard Suess, 1875 144
12. Chapter 7. The Face of the Earth: Eduard Suess and the Second Global Tectonics 167
13. Chapter 8. The Nappe Theory in the Alps : Tectonics over Physics, 1878 - 1903 192
14. Chapter 9. New Orogenic Theory and Intercontinental Correlation 221
15. Chapter 10. The Decline of the Contraction Theory : The Challenge from Geophysics , 1870 - 1909 235
16. Chapter 11. Thomas C. Chamberlin and the Third Global Tectonics 258
17. Chapter 12. Radioactivity, Continental Drift, and the Fourth Global Tectonics , 1908 - 1912 276
18. Epilogue 291
19. Glossary 295
20. Bibliography 299
21. Index 315