Author: Arthur Hastings GrantPublisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
The American City
Author: Arthur Hastings GrantPublisher:
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
California Earthquakes
Author: Carl-Henry GeschwindPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801873606
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
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.
Catalogue of the Library of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Architectural design
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Subject Index of Volumes 52-71
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Category : Monthly labor review
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Author: Monthly Labor Review
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ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
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Author: United States