California earthquakes science, risk, and the politics of hazard mitigation

California earthquakes : science, risk, and the politics of hazard mitigation / Carl-Henry Geschwind.

Author/creator	Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Description	x, 337 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	Earthquake hazard analysis--California --History. Earthquakes--California --Safety measures --History. Hazard mitigation--California.

Contents	Reactions to the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 -- Setting up a scientific infrastructure : seismology California style, 1910-1925 -- Bailey Willis and the promotion of earthquake safety in the mid-1920s -- Engineering a regulatory state apparatus : seismic safety in the 1930s -- Earthquake experts and the Cold War state -- New initiatives for earthquake preparedness, 1964-1971 -- Seismic politics: responses to the San Fernando earthquake -- Pushing prediction: the establishment of the national earthquake hazards reduction -- Program -- The regulatory state apparatus in action.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	00010627
ISBN	0801865964 (alk. paper)

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