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- California Earthquakes: Science, Risk, and the Politics of Hazard
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801889766
ISBN-13
9780801889769
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64177893
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
California Earthquakes : Science, Risk, and the Politics of Hazard Mitigation
Subject
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Public Policy / General, Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Political Science, Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
California Earthquakes is a provocative and accessible history of science, technology, and politics in a particular natural environment., "This carefully researched book provides new knowledge about a group of scientific experts who are not normally associated with Progressivism. In the process of examining the history of this group of technocratic reformers, Geschwind persuasively shows how the regulatory state has come to play the single greatest role in insulating Californians from the risk of seismic disaster." -- Journal of American History, [A] thorough and well-documented study... This book is an important benchmark for understanding the historical context of [the scientific community's] work, and provides insights into how scientific policy and funding programs are formed., "[A] thorough and well-documented study... This book is an important benchmark for understanding the historical context of [the scientific community's] work, and provides insights into how scientific policy and funding programs are formed." -- Western Historical Quarterly, Highly recommended to a wide variety of readers. In a broader sense than its earthquake theme, it is an absorbing account of an important component of the development of California. Geschwind writes with an attractive style, some humor, and knows how to thread intriguing anecdotes., "Well written, tightly structured, and carefully researched." -- University of Southern California, Contemporary Disaster Review, "California Earthquakes is a provocative and accessible history of science, technology, and politics in a particular natural environment." -- Environmental History, "Geschwind, like no other, tells the story of a full spectrum of human responses to earthquakes in California. Topics are seamlessly interwoven in historical context... Dealing constructively with California earthquakes in the future should be enhanced through the understanding and appreciation of the historical aspects so well presented in this book."-- Choice, This carefully researched book provides new knowledge about a group of scientific experts who are not normally associated with Progressivism. In the process of examining the history of this group of technocratic reformers, Geschwind persuasively shows how the regulatory state has come to play the single greatest role in insulating Californians from the risk of seismic disaster., California Earthquakes is a provocative and accessible history of science, technology, and politics in a particular natural environment., Geschwind, like no other, tells the story of a full spectrum of human responses to earthquakes in California. Topics are seamlessly interwoven in historical context... Dealing constructively with California earthquakes in the future should be enhanced through the understanding and appreciation of the historical aspects so well presented in this book., "Highly recommended to a wide variety of readers. In a broader sense than its earthquake theme, it is an absorbing account of an important component of the development of California. Geschwind writes with an attractive style, some humor, and knows how to thread intriguing anecdotes." -- Earth Sciences History
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
363.34/95/09794
Table Of Content
Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Reactions to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 Chapter 2: Setting Up a Scientific Infrastructure - Seismology California Style, 1910-1925 Chapter 3: Bailey Willis and the Promotion of Earthquake Safety in the Mid-1920s Chapter 4: Engineering a Regulatory-State Apparatus - Seismic Safety in the 1930s Chapter 5: Earthquake Experts and the Cold War State Chapter 6: New Initiatives for Earthquake Preparedness, 1964-1971 Chapter 7: Seismic Politics - Responses to the San Fernando Earthquake of 1971 Chapter 8: Pushing Prediction - Establishment of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Chapter 9: The Regulatory-State Apparatus in Action Abbreviations Notes Essay on Sources Index
Synopsis
Winner of the Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in America from the History of Science Society In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat. Carl-Henry Geschwind tells the story of the small group of scientists and engineers who--in tension with real estate speculators and other pro-growth forces, private and public--developed the scientific and political infrastructure necessary to implement greater earthquake awareness. Through their political connections, these reformers succeeded in building a state apparatus in which regulators could work together with scientists and engineers to reduce earthquake hazards. Geschwind details the conflicts among scientists and engineers about how best to reduce these risks, and he outlines the dramatic twentieth-century advances in our understanding of earthquakes--their causes and how we can try to prepare for them. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it., In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat. Carl-Henry Geschwind tells the story of the small group of scientists and engineers who--in tension with real estate speculators and other pro-growth forces, private and public--developed the scientific and political infrastructure necessary to implement greater earthquake awareness. Through their political connections, these reformers succeeded in building a state apparatus in which regulators could work together with scientists and engineers to reduce earthquake hazards. Geschwind details the conflicts among scientists and engineers about how best to reduce these risks, and he outlines the dramatic twentieth-century advances in our understanding of earthquakes--their causes and how we can try to prepare for them. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it., In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant ......, In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat.Carl-Henry Geschwind tells the story of the small group of scientists and engineers who -- in tension with real estate speculators and other pro-growth forces, private and public -- developed the scientific and political infrastructure necessary to implement greater earthquake awareness. Through their political connections, these reformers succeeded in building a state apparatus in which regulators could work together with scientists and engineers to reduce earthquake hazards. Geschwind details the conflicts among scientists and engineers about how best to reduce these risks, and he outlines the dramatic twentieth-century advances in our understanding of earthquakes -- their causes and how we can try to prepare for them.Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it.
LC Classification Number
QE535.2.U6 G485
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