GRADUATE TEXTBOOKS



All Textbooks should be available from either the JSU Bookstore (800-231-5291 ext. 5283) or the Jacksonville Bookstore (256-435-7407), unless otherwise noted.
Textbooks can be ordered online at the JSU Bookstore website http://jsu1.bkstore.com



Fall 2008
EM 505 - Foundations of EM - Required Textbook - Introduction to Emergency Management. 1st edition. Author: Lindell, Prater, and Perry. Publisher: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-77260-7
Required Textbook - Disasters by Design. 1st edition. Author: Mileti, Dennis S. Publisher: Washington DC: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 0-309-06360-4
EM 525 - Disaster Recovery. Required Textbook - Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Local Sustainability After a Natural Disaster. 2nd edition. Author: NHRAIC. Publisher: Public Entity Risk Institute. The 2006 version of Holistic Disaster Recovery (140pp,, $35.00) is currently only available from PERI; (703)352-1846; http://www.riskinstitute.org/
EM 530 - Research Methods in EM - Required Textbook - Methods of Disaster Research. 1st edition. Author: Stallings, R.A. Publisher: Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 1401079709
EM 535 - Terrorism and Homeland Security - Required Textbook - Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues. Authors: Martin, Gus. Publisher: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1412927222
Required textbook - Emergency Response to Terrorism: Job Aid, 9-1707. United States Fire Administration. www.usfa.fema.gov/usfapubs/  800-561-3356
Required textbook - Emergency Response to Terrorism: Self-Study Guide, 9-1185. United States Fire Administration www.usfa.fema.gov/usfapubs/  800-561-3356
EM 540 - Hazard Mitigation - Required Textbook - Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness. Author: Schwab, et al. Publisher: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-79019-2
EM 545 - Emergency Preparedness - Required Textbook - Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Author: Tierney, Kathleen J. et al. Publisher: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN: 0309069998
EM 555 - Disaster Response - Required Textbook - Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. Author: Tierney et al. Publisher: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 0309039998
Required Textbook - Fire Department Response to Biological Threat  at B'nai B'rth Headquarters - Washington, D.C. Author and Publisher: United States Fire Administration. www.usfa.fema.gov/usfapubs/    Contact Phone # 800-561-3356
EM 580 - Current Issues in Homeland Security- Required Textbook- System Under Stress 2nd Edition. Author: Kettl, D.F. Publisher: CQ Press. ISBN 0-87289-333-2 Required Textbook- Disaster Policy and Politics 1st Edition. Author: Sylves, R.T. Publisher: CQ Press. ISBN 978-0-87289-460-0
EM 590 - Capstone in EM - Required Textbook - Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs. Author: Canton, Lucien G. Publisher: John WIley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 047173487X
Required Textbook - Disaster Response and Homeland Security. Author: Miskel, James F. Publisher: Praeger Security Intl. ISBN: 027599211X
Spring 2009
EM 505 - Foundations of Emergency Management - Required Textbook 1 of 2: "Introduction to Emergency Management" 1st edition 2006. Author: Lindell, Prater, and Perry. Publisher: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN: 0-471-77260-7. Required Textbook 2 of 2: "Disasters by Design" 1st edition 1999. Author: Mileti, Dennis S. Publisher: Washington DC: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN: 0-309-06360-4.
EM 515 - Legal Aspects of Emergency Management -
EM 525 - Disaster Recovery - Required Textbook: "Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Local Sustainability After a Natural Disaster" 2nd edition. Author: NHRAIC. Publisher: Public Entity Risk Institute.
EM 530 - Research Methods in EM- Required Textbook: "Methods of Disaster Research" 1st edition 2003. Author: Robert A. Stallings. Publisher: Xlibris Corporation. ISBN: 1401079709.
EM 540 - Hazard Mitigation -
EM 545 - Emergency Preparedness -
EM 548 - Vulnerability and Capacity-Building - Required Textbook: "Asset Building and Community Development" 2nd edition. Author: Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines. Publisher: Sage. ISBN: 978-1-4129-5134-0.
EM 555 - Disaster Response - Required Textbook: "Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States" 1st edition. Author: Tierney, et al. Publisher: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN: 0309069998.
EM 565 - Management Systems in Disaster - Required Textbook: "Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes" 13th edition. Author: Gibson, et al. Publisher: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 0073381306
EM 570 - Biosecurity - Required Textbook: "Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Containing and Preventing Biological Threats" 1st edition 2008. Author: Jeffrey Ryan and Jan Glarum. Publisher: Elsevier, Butterwoth-Heinemann. ISBN: 0750684895.
EM 590 - Capstone in Emergency Management - Required Textbook 1 of 2: "Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs" Author: Canton, Lucien G. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN: 047173487X. Required Textbook 2 of 2: "Disaster Response and Homeland Security" Author: Miskel, James F. Publisher: Praeger Security Intl. ISBN: 027599211X.
EM 595 - Directed Studies -
EM 596 - Internship -