Ecology of fear

Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster

484 pages

English language

Published July 27, 1998 by Metropolitan Books.

ISBN:
978-0-8050-5106-3
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OCLC Number:
38258057

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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