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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster
- Publication Date
- 2009-04-01
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780803217607
- Subject Area
- Nature, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Hurricane Katrina : America's Unnatural Disaster
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Natural Disasters, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Sociology / Urban
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Series
- Justice and Social Inquiry Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803217609
ISBN-13
9780803217607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71189620
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Hurricane Katrina : America's Unnatural Disaster
Subject
Natural Disasters, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Social Science
Series
Justice and Social Inquiry Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-045278
Reviews
"The vast majority of those evacuated after the levee breaks were African Americans and this book will help students and scholars to understand why. It is an important social lesson."-Edie Ambrose, Journal of African American History, "Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker have prepared a fact-laden and analytically rich collection of writings about the social inequities that exacerbated the suffering wrought by Hurricane Katrina. It is an important contribution to a variety of disciplines including history, law, sociology, political science, and African American studies. The impassioned authors who speak in this anthology are determined to prevent amnesia from erasing from American memory this signal tragedy. They deserve a wide and attentive audience."Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School and author of Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, "Levitt and Whitaker have made a distinct contribution to the expanding body of scholarship and reflection on the social and political meanings of Hurricane Katrina. Their book also represents an urgent call to action-designed to address the persistence of racial inequality and poverty in the United States and to prevent the future transformation of natural disasters into man-made calamities."-Joe William Trotter Jr., Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and head of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and author of The African American Experience, "Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker, and the distinguished contributors to this illuminating anthology, critically assess the magnitude and complexity of the Katrina catastrophe. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the relevance of race, class, and gender, and the consequences of entrenched poverty and governmental ineptitude."Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University and coauthor of The African American Odyssey, "This eclectic collection of essays succeeds in providing multiple layers of context to the "unnatural" tragedy of Hurricane Katrina."S. E. Horn,CHOICE, "Professors Levitt and Whitaker have produced the book on Katrina we've been waiting for. Don't miss it!"-Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, "Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker have prepared a fact-laden and analytically rich collection of writings about the social inequities that exacerbated the suffering wrought by Hurricane Katrina. It is an important contribution to a variety of disciplines including history, law, sociology, political science, and African American studies. The impassioned authors who speak in this anthology are determined to prevent amnesia from erasing from American memory this signal tragedy. They deserve a wide and attentive audience."-Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School and author of Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, "This eclectic collection of essays succeeds in providing multiple layers of context to the "unnatural" tragedy of Hurricane Katrina."-S. E. Horn, CHOICE, "This eclectic collection of essays succeeds in providing multiple layers of context to the "unnatural" tragedy of Hurricane Katrina."S. E. Horn, CHOICE, "Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker, and the distinguished contributors to this illuminating anthology, critically assess the magnitude and complexity of the Katrina catastrophe. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the relevance of race, class, and gender, and the consequences of entrenched poverty and governmental ineptitude."-Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University and coauthor of The African American Odyssey, "Professors Levitt and Whitaker have produced the book on Katrina we've been waiting for. Don't miss it!"-Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters "Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker have prepared a fact-laden and analytically rich collection of writings about the social inequities that exacerbated the suffering wrought by Hurricane Katrina. It is an important contribution to a variety of disciplines including history, law, sociology, political science, and African American studies. The impassioned authors who speak in this anthology are determined to prevent amnesia from erasing from American memory this signal tragedy. They deserve a wide and attentive audience."-Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School and author of Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal "Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker, and the distinguished contributors to this illuminating anthology, critically assess the magnitude and complexity of the Katrina catastrophe. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the relevance of race, class, and gender, and the consequences of entrenched poverty and governmental ineptitude."-Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University and coauthor of The African American Odyssey "Levitt and Whitaker have made a distinct contribution to the expanding body of scholarship and reflection on the social and political meanings of Hurricane Katrina. Their book also represents an urgent call to action-designed to address the persistence of racial inequality and poverty in the United States and to prevent the future transformation of natural disasters into man-made calamities."-Joe William Trotter Jr., Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and head of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and author of The African American Experience, "Levitt and Whitaker have made a distinct contribution to the expanding body of scholarship and reflection on the social and political meanings of Hurricane Katrina. Their book also represents an urgent call to actiondesigned to address the persistence of racial inequality and poverty in the United States and to prevent the future transformation of natural disasters into man-made calamities."Joe William Trotter Jr., Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and head of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and author of The African American Experience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
976/.044
Table Of Content
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction. "Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again": Katrina and Its Aftermath Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker 1. Letters from a Native Son: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Mitchell F. Crusto 2. After Katrina: Laying Bare the Anatomy of American Caste Bryan K. Fair 3. Hurricane Katrina and the "Market" for Survival: The Role of Economic Theory in the Construction and Maintenance of Disaster Charles R. P. Pouncy 4. The Internal Revenue Code Don't Care about Poor, Black People Andre L. Smith 5. Judging under Disaster: The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Criminal Justice System Phyllis Kotey 6. From Worse to Where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the Continuing Public Health Crisis Alyssa G. Robillard 7. Failed Plans and Planned Failures: The Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the Continuing Story of Environmental Injustice Carlton Waterhouse 8. "Still Up on the Roof": Race, Victimology, and the Response to Hurricane Katrina Kenneth B. Nunn 9. Governmental Liability for the Katrina Failure Linda S. Greene 10. Katrina, Race, Refugees, and Images of the Third World Ruth Gordon 11. "Been in the Storm So Long": Katrina, Reparations, and the Original Understanding of Equal Protection D. Marvin Jones Epilogue Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker Bibliography Contributors Index
Synopsis
Questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina's central victims, African Americans. This collection of polemical essays explores the extent to which African Americans and others were, and are, disproportionately affected by the natural and manmade forces that caused Hurricane Katrina., 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. This collection of polemical essays explores the extent to which African Americans and others were, and are, disproportionately affected by the natural and manmade forces that caused Hurricane Katrina. Such an engaged study of this tragic event forces us to acknowledge that the ways in which we view our history and life have serious ramifications on modern human relations, public policy, and quality of life.
LC Classification Number
HV636
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