Hurricane Katrina : America's unnatural disaster /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Levitt, Jeremy I., 1970-, Whitaker, Matthew C.
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Series:Justice and social inquiry.
Subjects:
2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Disaster relief > Louisiana > New Orleans.
African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions.
Social justice > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Noirs américains > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Conditions sociales.
Justice sociale > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Social conditions
Disaster relief
Social justice
Katrina > Hurrikan
Louisiana > New Orleans
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
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

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