Ecology of fear

Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster

484 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1999 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
9780375706073

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Los Angeles has become a magnet for the American apocalyptic imagination, with many disasters - both real and those created by Hollywood movies - in recent years. This book examines the history of disaster - both real and imagined - in LA.

6 editions

Subjects

  • Social problems -- California -- Los Angeles.
  • Disasters -- California -- Los Angeles.
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions.