Book ID: CBB913221779

Documenting Aftermath: Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters (2018)

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Finn, Megan (Author)


The MIT Press


Publication Date: 2018
Edition Details: Book Series: Infrastructures series
Physical Details: 265
Language: English

An examination of how changing public information infrastructures shaped people's experience of earthquakes in Northern California in 1868, 1906, and 1989.

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Review Scott Gabriel Knowles (April 2020) Review of "Documenting Aftermath: Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters". Technology and Culture (pp. 704-706). unapi

Review Viktor Pál (2018) Review of "Documenting Aftermath: Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 226-229). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Arupjyoti Saikia
Kitagawa, Kaori
Joanna Leslie Dyl
Barney, Timothy
Heidenreich, Sara
Hester, Rebecca J.
Concepts
Technology and society
Earthquakes
Disasters; catastrophes
Mass media
Controversies and disputes
Public opinion
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
California (U.S.)
Japan
San Francisco (California)
Soviet Union
India
Institutions
American Red Cross
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