California earthquakes science, risk, and the politics of hazard mitigation / Carl-Henry Geschwind.
| Author/creator | Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Description | x, 337 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| 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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