02445nam 22006374a 450 991082496240332120200520144314.01-280-53122-30-19-803253-61-4294-0138-9(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(OCoLC) 44516810(FINmELB)ELB162969(EXLCZ)99100000000046566220000627d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierActs of God the unnatural history of natural disaster in America /Ted SteinbergSecond edition.New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (319 pages) illustrationsDescription 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 StatesHistoryNatural disastersHistory.Emergency managementHistory.Disaster reliefHistory.363.34/0973Steinberg Theodore1961-1109544MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824962403321Acts of God4000982UNINA