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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- author.     Subjects     United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency -- History.     Blizzards -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.     Disaster relief -- New York (State)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- author.       by title:      Declaring disaster :...         MARC Display

Declaring disaster : Buffalo's blizzard of '77 and the creation of FEMA / Timothy W. Kneeland. by Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- author. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2021. Subjects United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency -- History.   Blizzards -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.   Disaster relief -- New York (State) ISBN:  9780815636991 (hardcover) 0815636997 (hardcover) 9780815611271 (paperback) 0815611277 (paperback) Description:  xv, 221 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Buffalo and snow control: from the age of mass transition to the rise of the automobile -- Buffalo and snow control in the age of the automobile -- The blizzard of '77: Buffalo's greatest disaster -- Buffalo's disaster declaration and presidential politics -- A blizzard of change: Jimmy Carter remakes emergency management -- "Grab a six pack": snow control in Buffalo after -- No thruway: automobility in decline. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Buffalo's 1977 blizzard was the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history and, in "Declaring Disaster," Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning. From the local to the state and federal levels, Kneeland discusses governmental response and disaster relief, showing how this regional event had national implications for environmental policy and how its effects have resounded through the complexities of disaster politics long after the snow fell"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.34925 Kn Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.34925 Kn Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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