The Resource Seismic city : an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl
Seismic city : an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl
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- Summary
- "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 Francisco. Instead, San Franciscans rapidly incorporated the crisis into pre-existing debates about urban ecology, urban development, and social relations in the city. In the modern era, Americans have generally viewed 'natural' disasters as anomalous, exceptional events. Interpreting disasters as unpredictable 'acts of nature' that represent a disruption of ordinary life has justified a failure to adequately plan for disasters and concealed the ways in which social factors such as poverty play as much of a role in causing disasters as the geological or meteorological events that precipitate crises. By applying these insights to a close study of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, including the decades leading up to the disaster and the city's recovery in the years after 1906, this project demonstrates how disaster and recovery became integrated into San Francisco's history, rather than transforming the city, and makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of natural disaster studies"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 355 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword / by Paul S. Sutter
- Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780295742465
- Label
- Seismic city : an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake
- Title
- Seismic city
- Title remainder
- an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake
- Statement of responsibility
- Joanna L. Dyl
- Subject
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- California -- San Francisco
- Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects
- Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Natur
- History
- Wiederaufbau
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Natural disasters -- Social aspects
- Earthquakes -- Environmental aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
- Ecology
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (California : 1906)
- California
- Earthquakes -- Social aspects
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Brand
- Earthquakes -- Environmental aspects
- Erdbeben
- San Francisco, Calif
- Social conditions
- Stadtplanung
- Earthquakes -- Social aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions | History -- 20th century
- Stadtentwicklung
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 Francisco. Instead, San Franciscans rapidly incorporated the crisis into pre-existing debates about urban ecology, urban development, and social relations in the city. In the modern era, Americans have generally viewed 'natural' disasters as anomalous, exceptional events. Interpreting disasters as unpredictable 'acts of nature' that represent a disruption of ordinary life has justified a failure to adequately plan for disasters and concealed the ways in which social factors such as poverty play as much of a role in causing disasters as the geological or meteorological events that precipitate crises. By applying these insights to a close study of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, including the decades leading up to the disaster and the city's recovery in the years after 1906, this project demonstrates how disaster and recovery became integrated into San Francisco's history, rather than transforming the city, and makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of natural disaster studies"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dyl, Joanna Leslie
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GE155.C2
- LC item number
- D95 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Sutter, Paul
- Series statement
- Weyerhaeuser environmental books
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (California : 1906)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
- Earthquakes
- Natural disasters
- Earthquakes
- Natural disasters
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Earthquakes
- Earthquakes
- Ecology
- Natural disasters
- Natural disasters
- Social conditions
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- California
- California
- Brand
- Erdbeben
- Natur
- Stadtentwicklung
- Stadtplanung
- Wiederaufbau
- San Francisco, Calif
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
- kvgwNiYRJyo
- Label
- Seismic city : an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-344) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / by Paul S. Sutter -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 975270295
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780295742465
- Lccn
- 2017007242
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 40027594360
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)975270295
- Label
- Seismic city : an environmental history of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-344) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / by Paul S. Sutter -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 975270295
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780295742465
- Lccn
- 2017007242
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 40027594360
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)975270295
Subject
- Brand
- California
- California -- San Francisco
- Earthquakes -- Environmental aspects
- Earthquakes -- Environmental aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Earthquakes -- Social aspects
- Earthquakes -- Social aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Ecology
- Erdbeben
- History
- Natur
- Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects
- Natural disasters -- Environmental aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Natural disasters -- Social aspects
- Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions | History -- 20th century
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (California : 1906)
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
- San Francisco, Calif
- Social conditions
- Stadtentwicklung
- Stadtplanung
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- California | San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
- Wiederaufbau
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