02649nam 2200613Ia 450 991045878040332120200520144314.01-283-09825-397866130982520-19-983891-7(CKB)2560000000061060(EBL)665493(OCoLC)707067815(SSID)ssj0000631645(PQKBManifestationID)11451872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631645(PQKBWorkID)10599386(PQKB)10546210(MiAaPQ)EBC665493(Au-PeEL)EBL665493(CaPaEBR)ebr10465661(CaONFJC)MIL309825(EXLCZ)99256000000006106020060713d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of God[electronic resource] the unnatural history of natural disaster in America /Ted Steinberg2nd ed.New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530968-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAs 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 iNatural disastersUnited StatesHistoryEmergency managementUnited StatesHistoryDisaster reliefUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Natural disastersHistory.Emergency managementHistory.Disaster reliefHistory.363.34/0973Steinberg Theodore1961-865720MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458780403321Acts of God2065408UNINA