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Reisner, Marc.

A dangerous place : California's unsettling fate / California's unsettling fate Marc Reisner. - 181 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Maps on endpapers.

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Describes the colonization of California, exploring the reasons why so many people have historically chosen to settle in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas, and discusses the geological instability that undergirds the booming development and why the author believes the stage is set for disaster.

Adult Adult Follett Library Resources

ISBN: 0679420118

LCCN: 2002073375

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Disasters--Forecasting.--California
Disasters--Forecasting.--California

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--Environmental conditions.
California--History.
California--Social conditions.
California--Environmental aspects.
California--History.
California--Social conditions.

LC Class. No.: F861 / .R43 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 979.4