Acts of God : the unnatural history of natural disaster in America / Ted Steinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinberg, Theodore, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters--United States--History.

Natural disasters.

Emergency management--United States--History.

Emergency management.

Disaster relief--United States--History.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative history of natural disasters in the United States. This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, a disaster Steinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that i

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-983899-2

1-283-09825-3

9786613098252

0-19-983891-7

OCLC:

707067815