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

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Author(s): Ted Steinberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2000

Language: English
Pages: 320

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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