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Author Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- author.

Title Declaring disaster : Buffalo's blizzard of '77 and the creation of FEMA / Timothy W. Kneeland.

Publication Info. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency -- History.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
History.
Blizzards -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
Blizzards.
New York (State) -- Buffalo.
Disaster relief -- New York (State)
Disaster relief.
New York (State)
NATURE -- Weather.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Kneeland, Timothy W., 1962- Declaring disaster. First edition. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2021 9780815636991 (DLC) 2020027498
ISBN 9780815655114 (electronic book)
0815655118 (electronic book)
9780815636991 (hardcover)
9780815611271 (paperback)
0815611277
9780815611271