... This chapter examines the ideology, organization, and practice of the program of earthquake monitoring, prediction, and defense during China's Cultural Revolution, with a focus on the culture of mass science. By a strange coincidence, there were about ten major earthquakes in China during the...

...83 The 1842 Earthquake Démesvar Delorme Démesvar Delorme was born in 1831 in Cap Haïtien and became a prominent politi- cian and writer. At the age of eleven, he lived through the 1842 earthquake that de- stroyed much of his city. In this account, written later in his life, he looks back at the...

...199 The 1907 Earthquake Dick Chislett On 14 January 1907 an earthquake devastated Kingston and its surroundings, reduc- ing much of the city to rubble and killing at least eight hundred people. The earth- quake was the worst natural disaster to hit the island in over a century, reminiscent of the...

... can help transcend the traditional history of disciplines. This chapter examines the ideology, organization, and practice of the program of earthquake monitoring, prediction, and defense during China's Cultural Revolution, with a focus on the culture of mass science. By a strange coincidence...