Hurricane Katrina : America's unnatural disaster / edited, and with an introduction, by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally. In an original combination of research and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: Am...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Nebraska Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Justice and social inquiry.
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| Summary: | On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally. In an original combination of research and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina's central victims, African Americans. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803224636 080322463X 9786612130892 661213089X 1282130897 9781282130890 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |