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The Culture of Calamity: Disaster and the Making of Modern America (1st Edition) by Kevin Rozario Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-226-72570-7 / 0226725707 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-72570-3 / 9780226725703 Turn on the news and it looks as if we live in a time and place unusually consumed by the specter of disaster. The events of 9/11 and the promise of future attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, and the inevitable consequences of environmental devastation all contribute to an |