Hurricane Katrina : The Mississippi Story /

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"This book presents the fullest account yet written of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, it tells the dramatic but underreported story of a people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty five thousand homes when th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, James Patterson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hurricanes > Social aspects.
Disaster victims.
Disaster relief.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
disasters.
Victimes.
Catastrophes.
Ouragans > Aspect social > Mississippi.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Mississippi.
Victimes de catastrophes > Mississippi.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005 > Recits personnels.
Survivors
Disasters
Cyclonic Storms
Victims.
Disasters.
Hurricanes > Social aspects > Mississippi.
Disaster relief > Mississippi.
Disaster victims > Mississippi.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Personal narratives.
Mississippi.
Mississippi
Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Katrina impacts Mississippi : "This is our tsunami"
  • Havoc in the aftermath
  • Hitching up our britches : strength at the bottom in a world
  • Rising from shell shock : sources of resilience in state and local government
  • Digging out in a whirlwind of contract controversy
  • The grace of volunteers
  • The long wait for housing
  • Disaster and recovery in the schools
  • The great red-tape battle for public buildings
  • Faith, hope, and jobs : progress and frustration for the business recovery
  • Conclusion: a persevering people.

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