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Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake

ISBN: 029574247X ;ISBN: 9780295742472 ;ISBN: 0295742461 ;ISBN: 9780295742465 ;EISBN: 029574247X ;EISBN: 9780295742472 ;OCLC: 976036200

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Title:
Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake
Author: Dyl, Joanna L ; Sutter, Paul S
Subjects: Earthquakes ; Earthquakes-Environmental aspects-California-San Francisco-History-20th century ; Earthquakes-Social aspects-California-San Francisco-20th century ; Natural disasters ; Natural disasters-Environmental aspects-California-San Francisco-History-20th century ; 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, Calif., 1906 ; Urban ecology (Sociology) ; Urban ecology (Sociology)-California-an Francisco-History-20th century
Description: On April 18, 1906, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco region, igniting fires that burned half the city. The disaster in all its elements � earthquake, fires, and recovery � profoundly disrupted the urban order and challenged San Francisco�s perceived permanence. The crisis temporarily broke down spatial divisions of class and race and highlighted the contested terrain of urban nature in an era of widespread class conflict, simmering ethnic tensions, and controversial reform efforts. From a proposal to expel Chinatown from the city center to a vision of San Francisco paved with concrete in the name of sanitation, the process of reconstruction involved reenvisioning the places of both people and nature. In their zeal to restore their city, San Franciscans downplayed the role of the earthquake and persisted in choosing patterns of development that exacerbated risk. In this close study of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Joanna L. Dyl examines the decades leading up to the catastrophic event and the city�s recovery from it. Combining urban environmental history and disaster studies, Seismic City demonstrates how the crisis and subsequent rebuilding reflect the dynamic interplay of natural and human influences that have shaped San Francisco.
Related Titles: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
Publisher: Seattle: University of Washington Press
Creation Date: 2017
Format: 376 pages
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 029574247X
ISBN: 9780295742472
ISBN: 0295742461
ISBN: 9780295742465
EISBN: 029574247X
EISBN: 9780295742472
OCLC: 976036200
Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake

ISBN: 029574247X ;ISBN: 9780295742472 ;ISBN: 0295742461 ;ISBN: 9780295742465 ;EISBN: 029574247X ;EISBN: 9780295742472 ;OCLC: 976036200

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