Acts of God The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America

by Steinberg, Ted

• ISBN13: 9780195309683
• ISBN10: 0195309685
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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?

Author Biography

Ted Steinberg teaches history at Case Western Reserve University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Hometown Blues	p. xvii
Return of the Suppressed
Last Call for Judgment Day	p. 3
Disaster as Archetype	p. 25
Do-It-Yourself Deathscape	p. 47
Interlude: Body Counting	p. 69
Federalizing Risk
Building for Apocalypse	p. 79
Uncle Sam-Floodplain Recidivist	p. 97
Interlude: The Perils of Private Property	p. 117
Containing Calamity
The Neurotic Life of Weather Control	p. 127
Forecasting at the Fair Weather Service	p. 149
Who Pays?	p. 173
The Drowning of America	p. 197
Notes	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 293
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