ch. 1. Introduction : 110 years of disaster response and emergency management in the United States / Claire B. Rubin -- ch. 2. Focusing events in the early twentieth century : a hurricane, two earthquakes, and a pandemic / David Butler -- ch. 3. The expanding role of the federal government : 1927-1950 / David Butler -- ch. 4. The formative years : 1950-1978 / Keith Bea -- ch. 5. Federal emergency management comes of age : 1979-2001 / Richard T. Sylves -- ch. 6. Emergency management restructured : intended and unintended outcomes of actions taken since 9/11 / John R. Harrald -- ch. 7. 2005 events and outcomes : hurricane Katrina and beyond / Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter -- ch. 8. The system is tested : response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill / John R. Harrald -- ch. 9. From a painful past to an uncertain future / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley -- ch. 10. The evolving federal role in emergency management : policies and processes / Patrick Roberts, Robert Ward, and Gary Wamsley.