California earthquakes science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation /
Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-
California earthquakes science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / [electronic resource] : Carl-Henry Geschwind. - Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. - xi, 348 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index.
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 of 1971 -- Pushing prediction : establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program -- The regulatory-state apparatus in action.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
0801873606 (electronic bk.)
Earthquake hazard analysis--History.--California
Earthquakes--Safety measures--History.--California
Electronic books.
QE535.2.U6 / G485 2001
363.34/95/09794
California earthquakes science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation / [electronic resource] : Carl-Henry Geschwind. - Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. - xi, 348 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index.
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 of 1971 -- Pushing prediction : establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program -- The regulatory-state apparatus in action.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
0801873606 (electronic bk.)
Earthquake hazard analysis--History.--California
Earthquakes--Safety measures--History.--California
Electronic books.
QE535.2.U6 / G485 2001
363.34/95/09794