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The disaster experts : mastering risk in modern America Scott Gabriel Knowles
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HV 551.3 .K65 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knowles, Scott Gabriel
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency management--United States--History--20th century.
- Emergency management.
- Emergency management--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Disasters--United States--History--20th century.
- Disasters.
- Disaster relief--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Disaster relief.
- Risk assessment--United States--History--20th century.
- Risk assessment.
- Hazard mitigation--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Hazard mitigation.
- Physical Description:
- 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011.
- Contents:
- 1.The Devil's Privilege
- 2.Reforming Fire
- 3.The Invisible Screen of Safety
- 4.Ten to Twenty Million Killed, Tops
- 5.What Is a Disaster?
- 6.A Nation of Hazards.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812243505 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0812243501 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 724643488
- Publisher Number:
- 40019786222
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