Playing Politics with Natural Disaster : : Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA / / Timothy W. Kneeland.
Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972 months before a pivotal American election and at the dawn of the period of deindustrialization across the northeastern United States. The response by local, state, and national officials had long term consequences for all Americans. President...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Cast of Characters
- Introduction: Local Disasters, Government Actors, and National Policy
- 1. American Disaster Policy through 1972: Growing Benefits and Expanding Federal Authority
- 2. Agnes Makes Landfall: Death and Destruction in New York and Pennsylvania, 1972
- 3. Who’s in Charge? Local Governments Collapse in the Face of Disaster
- 4. Playing Politics with Disaster: Relief Efforts and the 1972 Election
- 5. “I Have a HUD-Ache”: Public Discontent over Disaster Aid
- 6. “Better Than Ever”? Rebuilding amid Industrial Decline
- 7. Without Warning and Defenseless: The Weather Service and Civil Defense before and after Hurricane Agnes
- 8. The Risky Business of Flood Control: When Dams and Levees Put People at Risk
- 9. The Disaster Relief Act of 1974: Richard Nixon and the Creation of Emergency Management
- Epilogue: Into the Future
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index