Playing politics with natural disaster : Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 election, and the origins of FEMA /

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"In Playing Politics with Natural Disaster, Timothy Kneeland describes how the administration of Richard Nixon exploited the Hurricane Agnes flooding for political gain and then eroded a generation of natural disaster legislation that had been steadily moving toward the federalization of United...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
United States. > Federal Emergency Management Agency.
1972
Hurricane Agnes, 1972 > Political aspects.
Hurricanes > Political aspects > New York (State)
Hurricanes > Political aspects > Pennsylvania.
Natural disasters > Political aspects > United States.
Disaster relief > Political aspects > United States.
Disaster relief > Government policy > United States.
Emergency management > Political aspects > United States.
Emergency management > Government policy > United States.
Ouragan Agnes, 1972 > Aspect politique.
Ouragans > Aspect politique > New York (État)
Ouragans > Aspect politique > Pennsylvanie.
Catastrophes naturelles > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Disaster relief > Government policy.
Disaster relief > Political aspects.
Emergency management > Government policy.
Natural disasters > Political aspects.
New York (State)
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Richard Nixon, Corning, Wilkes-Barre, Floods, MIlton Shapp, Frank Carlucci, Amory Houghton, Daniel J. Flood, Joseph Sartoti Jr.
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