num_pages: 484
description: A powerful glimpse into the history of disaster in Los Angeles, both real or imagined, argues that the most destructive forces are the many movies and books depicting this city as a veritable hotbed of riots, fires, floods, and earthquakes as well as an apocalyptic locale. 35,000 first printing. Tour.
language: English
title: Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
titlecomplete: Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster
genres: Sociology, History, Urbanism, Architecture, Ecology, Cities, Urban Studies, Politics, Nonfiction, Environment
ratings_count: 1208
publisher: Metropolitan Books