Katrina : a history, 1915-2015 /

The Katrina disaster was not a weather event of summer 2005. It was a disaster a century in the making, a product of lessons learned from previous floods, corporate and government decision making, and the political economy of the United States at large. New Orleans's history is America's h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Horowitz, Andy (Andrew Deutsch) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Masshachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
2005
Hurricanes > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Ouragans > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Economic history
Hurricanes
Politics and government
New Orleans (La.) > Economic conditions.
New Orleans (La.) > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Politics and government.
Louisiana > New Orleans
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. How to sink New Orleans : controlling floods, oil, and states' rights, 1927-1965
  • Help!
  • Hurricane Betsy and the politics of disaster in the Lower Ninth Ward, 1965-1967
  • The new New Orleans
  • Louisiana grows and shrinks, 1967-2005
  • Part II. Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?
  • Hurricane Katrina, August-September 2005
  • Rebuilding the land of dreams : 2005-2015
  • Epilogue: The end of empire, Louisiana.

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