ENGLISH

Acts of God : The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America

By Ted Steinberg

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780195142631
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1911782 bytes)
Pages
320\319
Time added
2021-06-30 15:00:10

Description

EEn Cover Dedication Contents Preface Introduction I - Return of the Suppressed 1 - Last Call for Judgement day 2 - Disaster as Archetype 3 - Do-it-yourself Deathscape Interlude - Body Counting II - Federalizing Risk 4 - Building for Apocalypse 5 - Uncle Same - Floodplain Recidivist Interlude - The Perils of Private Property III - Containing Calamity 6 - The Neurotic Life of Weather Control 7 - Forecasting at the Fair Weather Service 8 - Who Pays? Epilogue - Remembering McKinneysburg Notes Bibliography Index

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