02376nam 22006254a 450 991045209820332120200520144314.01-280-53122-30-19-803253-61-4294-0138-9(CKB)1000000000465662(EBL)281170(OCoLC)476025593(SSID)ssj0000096972(PQKBManifestationID)11111435(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096972(PQKBWorkID)10083017(PQKB)10490030(MiAaPQ)EBC281170(Au-PeEL)EBL281170(CaPaEBR)ebr10142508(CaONFJC)MIL53122(OCoLC)466432876(EXLCZ)99100000000046566220000627d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of God[electronic resource] the unnatural history of natural disaster in America /Ted Steinberg2nd ed.New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514263-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280).Contents; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Epilogue: Remembering McKinneysburg; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn exploring the unnatural history of natural calamity, this book surveys more than a century of losses from weather and seismic extremes, exposing the fallacy of seeing such calamities as simply random events. The author shows that is always America's poor, elderly, and minorities who suffer most.Natural disastersUnited StatesHistoryEmergency managementUnited StatesHistoryDisaster reliefUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Natural disastersHistory.Emergency managementHistory.Disaster reliefHistory.363.34/0973Steinberg Theodore1961-865720MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452098203321Acts of God2065408UNINA