Acts of God : the unnatural history of natural disaster in America / / Ted Steinberg
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| Autore: |
Steinberg Theodore <1961->
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| Titolo: |
Acts of God : the unnatural history of natural disaster in America / / Ted Steinberg
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 363.34/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Natural disasters - United States - History |
| Emergency management - United States - History | |
| Disaster relief - United States - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Epilogue: Remembering McKinneysburg; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Acts of God |
| ISBN: | 1-280-53122-3 |
| 0-19-803253-6 | |
| 1-4294-0138-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777623403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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