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245 10 a| California earthquakes :b| science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation /c| Carl-Henry Geschwind.;

260 a| Baltimore :b| Johns Hopkins University Press,c| 2001.;

300 a| x, 337 pages :b| map ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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

Author/creator	Geschwind, Carl-Henry, 1965-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Description	x, 337 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subjects	Earthquake hazard analysis--California. --History. Earthquakes--California. --Safety measures. --History.

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 of 1971 -- Pushing prediction : establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program -- The regulatory-state apparatus in action.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-316) and index.
LCCN	00010627
ISBN	0801865964 (alk. paper)

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

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