Acts of God : the unnatural history of natural disaster in America / Ted Steinberg.

Acts of God : the unnatural history of natural disaster in America / Ted Steinberg.

2nd ed.

9780199838912 (electronic bk.)
0199838917 (electronic bk.)
0195309685
9780195309683
1283098253
9781283098250
9786613098252
6613098256
0195309685
9780195309683
0199838992
9780199838998

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

English

English.

1 online resource (xxv, 309 pages) : illustrations

GB5007 .S74 2006eb

(OCoLC)719370043

"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? [This book] 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 was first 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 judgment. He reveals how the decisions of business leaders and government officials have paved the way for greater losses of life and property, especially among those least able to withstand such blows--America's poor, elderly, and minorities. Seeing nature of God as the primary culprit, Steinberg explains, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are simply better able to protect themselves from the violence of nature than others."--Page 4 of cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index.

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Print version: Steinberg, Theodore, 1961- Acts of God. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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