The Disaster Experts : : Mastering Risk in Modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles.
In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disaste...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The City in the Twenty-First Century
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 22 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. The Devil's Privilege
- 2. Reforming Fire
- 3. The Invisible Screen of Safety
- 4. Ten to Twenty Million Killed, Tops
- 5. What Is a Disaster?
- 6. A Nation of Hazards
- NOTES
- INDEX
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS