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
Summary
This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts--specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable--revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America