Geschwind, Carl-Henry,  1965- <br/><br/>
California earthquakes  science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation /  [electronic resource] : 
Carl-Henry Geschwind. 
 - Baltimore ;  London :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2001. 
 - xi, 348 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801873606 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Earthquake hazard analysis--History.--California<br/>Earthquakes--Safety measures--History.--California
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE535.2.U6  / G485 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.34/95/09794