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

Informationen zum Autor Ted Steinberg teaches history at Case Western Reserve University and is the author of Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History and American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn. His essays have appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Natural History, and The New York Times. Klappentext This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property. Zusammenfassung A revised and updated edition of Acts of God. With 32 pages of new material, including a new preface and new chapter on Hurricane Katrina, this is a natural answer to reader demands for thought-provoking and insightful disussion on who and what factors were responsible for the disaster in New Orleans.

Product details

• Authors: Ted Steinberg, Ted (Professor of History and Law Steinberg, Theodore Steinberg, Steinberg Ted
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.08.2006
• EAN: 9780195309683
• ISBN: 978-0-19-530968-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, NATURE / Natural Disasters, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social impact of disasters, History of the Americas, Natural disasters, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)