Making of a Continent - Softcover

Redfern, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812916174 ISBN 13: 9780812916171

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 1986

Synopsis

Illustrates and explains the geological history of North America and traces its impact on the continent's natural and human history

About this title

From Library Journal:

Redfern takes the reader on a geographic and geologic tour of North America, with a few side excursions. He explains the current geologic theories of continent formation, elaborating on each major topographic feature. He also describes how the physical environment helped to shape the economic and social history of the region. The text is lavishly illustrated. Indeed, the purchase price is probably justified by the pictures alone. The book reads like a good PBS science series, and in fact is tied in with a series beginning this month. Expect a good deal of public interest. Harold D. Shane, Mathematics Dept., Baruch Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Redfern, author of Corridors of Time, examines the geological history of the North American plate, taking the reader across successive geological provinces (active West to passive East). PW found that this book "has brought plate tectonics within the grasp of the lay reader without oversimplification."
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0812916174
• ISBN 13: 9780812916171
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242