Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005 - Winner of 2008 SENRA Book Prize

Winner of 2008 SENRA Book Prize, Section on Environment and Natural Resource Administration, American Society for Public Administration.

Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005 covers more than a century of catastrophic events including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, a pandemic, and an explosion. Each chapter examines a time period that was pivotal in the evolution of emergency management functions and systems in the United States. The book addresses emergency management policy and administrative changes that have been implemented over the past century and provides historical context for the changes. Funded by PERI, the book was edited by Claire B. Rubin and designed for use as a textbook for college courses and a resource for policymakers, researchers, and emergency managers. A $5.00 discount is available to students who purchase the book as a textbook for a college course. To receive the discount, enter the code "STUDENT" during the checkout process in the coupon code field.

The Century Time Line is available for just $8 with the purchase of Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005, or for $10 when purchased alone.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Chapter 1: An Introduction to a Century of Disaster Response and Emergency Management, From Galveston to New Orleans – by Claire B. Rubin, President, Claire B. Rubin & Associates and Visiting Scholar, The George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
• Chapter 2: Focusing Events in the Early Twentieth Century: A Hurricane, Two Earthquakes, and a Pandemic – by David Butler, Consultant on hazards/disaster information and communication and former senior editor at the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado
• Chapter 3: The Expanding Role of the Federal Government: 1927-1950 – by David Butler, Consultant on hazards/disaster information and communication and former senior editor at the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado
  
  
• Chapter 4: The Formative Years: 1950-1978 – by Keith Bea, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division of the Congressional Research Service and Team Leader for homeland security emergency preparedness and response policy matters
• Chapter 5: Federal Emergency Management Comes of Age: 1979-2001 – by Richard T. Sylves, Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Senior Policy Fellow of the Center on Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Delaware
• Chapter 6: Emergency Management Restructured: Intended and Unintended Outcomes of Actions Taken Since 9/11 – by John R. Harrald, Director of The George Washington University (GWU) Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management and a Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering in the GWU School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Chapter 7: 2005 Events and Outcomes: Hurricane Katrina and Beyond – by Melanie Gall, Senior Research Associate in the Hazards Research Lab at the University of South Carolina and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography; and Susan L. Cutter, a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina and Director of the Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute
• Chapter 8: From a Painful Past to an Uncertain Future – by Robert Ward, Professor, teaching and engaged in research at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge; and Gary Wamsley, Professor Emeritus, School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech University