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Seismic city : an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake /

"Seismic City argues that the disaster of 1906 must be understood as part of the ordinary relationship between the city and its natural surroundings. Despite its short-term drama and immediate impact on people's lives, the 1906 earthquake and fire did not transform the history of San Franc...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Dyl, Joanna Leslie, 1973- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
Collection:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
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Table des matières:
  • Making land, making a city
  • Catastrophe and its interpretations
  • Bread lines and earthquake cottages
  • Rebuilding and the politics of place
  • Disaster capitalism in the streets
  • Plague, rats, and undesirable nature
  • Symbolic recovery and the legacies of disaster.