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200 10$aActs of God$b[electronic resource] $ethe unnatural history of natural disaster in America /$fTed Steinberg
205   $a2nd ed.
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (336 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-530968-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.
327   $aContents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aAs 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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