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Autore |
Steinberg Theodore <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Acts of God [[electronic resource] ] : the unnatural history of natural disaster in America / / Ted Steinberg |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-983899-2 |
1-283-09825-3 |
9786613098252 |
0-19-983891-7 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Natural disasters - United States - History |
Emergency management - United States - History |
Disaster relief - United States - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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