02547nam 2200601Ia 450 991078019670332120230607213423.00-8018-7360-6(CKB)111056486617252(OCoLC)559111483(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021514(SSID)ssj0000116842(PQKBManifestationID)11128186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116842(PQKBWorkID)10042609(PQKB)10649437(SSID)ssj0000474730(PQKBManifestationID)12193678(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474730(PQKBWorkID)10454812(PQKB)11315353(MiAaPQ)EBC3318065(Au-PeEL)EBL3318065(CaPaEBR)ebr10021514(OCoLC)923190922(EXLCZ)9911105648661725220000725d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCalifornia earthquakes[electronic resource] science, risk, & the politics of hazard mitigation /Carl-Henry GeschwindBaltimore ;London Johns Hopkins University Press20011 online resource (348 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8976-6 0-8018-6596-4 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.Earthquake hazard analysisCaliforniaHistoryEarthquakesCaliforniaSafety measuresHistoryEarthquake hazard analysisHistory.EarthquakesSafety measuresHistory.363.34/95/09794Geschwind Carl-Henry1965-1495055MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780196703321California earthquakes3805028UNINA