HIST 300 VV
Davies, “The Historical Presidency” — President as “responder in chief” (530); “consoler in chief” (541) Alaska’s 1964 earthquake: 9.1 (estimate) on the Richter scale “The president said that this is a case of saving a state . . .” (535). “Traditionally, federal aid had been confined largely to infrastructural support, while relief for individual disaster…
Keep in mind Roberts’ points about: The importance of understanding what disaster meant to the past (vs. to today). “Disasters are socially constructed to the extent that they are a product of changing social expectations about the role of government . . .” (7); “. . . disaster is a changeable, socially-constructed process” (30). Community…
http://disasters.ferrellhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/week-2-August-31-Monday.pdf
