The Rising Glory of America, 1760-1820

Guidelines for designing relief programs to counter the effects of natural or human-caused disasters. The authors assess the needs of afflicted communities and argue that development efforts should be based on existing capacities. They examine social and attitudinal characteristics of the affected population and physical aspects of the disaster site. No index. Wood has revised this collection of documents (first published in 1971) to reflect changing perceptions of the evolution of America's self-definition. Twenty-four selections voice the debate and controversy of a pivotal time period. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR