Acts of God The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America

Name: Acts of God The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
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ISBN: 9780195309683

ISBN-10: 0195309685

ISBN-13: 9780195309683

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Ted Steinberg

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As 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 disasterSteinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see these tragedies as random outbursts of nature's violence or expressions of divine…

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List price: $22.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface


Introduction: Hometown Blues



Return of the Suppressed



Last Call for Judgment Day



Disaster as Archetype



Do-It-Yourself Deathscape


Interlude: Body Counting



Federalizing Risk



Building for Apocalypse



Uncle Sam-Floodplain Recidivist


Interlude: The Perils of Private Property



Containing Calamity



The Neurotic Life of Weather Control



Forecasting at the Fair Weather Service



Who Pays?



The Drowning of America


Notes


Bibliography


Index