02686nam 2200637Ia 450 991081143020332120200520144314.00-19-983899-21-283-09825-397866130982520-19-983891-7(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(OCoLC)70294859(FINmELB)ELB162259(EXLCZ)99256000000006106020060713d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActs of God 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 StatesHistoryNatural disastersHistory.Emergency managementHistory.Disaster reliefHistory.363.34/0973Steinberg Theodore1961-1109544MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811430203321Acts of God4000982UNINA