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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.