Acts of God : the Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America.

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...

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Main Author: Steinberg, Ted
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2006.
Edition:2nd ed.
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520 |a 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 disaster Steinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that i. 
505 0 |a Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
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