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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460296403321

Autore

Kroll-Smith J. Stephen <1947->

Titolo

Left to chance : Hurricane Katrina and the story of two New Orleans neighborhoods / / Steve Kroll-Smith, Vern Baxter, and Pam Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4773-0385-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Katrina Bookshelf

Disciplina

976.3/35064

Soggetti

Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Disaster victims - Louisiana - New Orleans

Racism - United States

Social classes - Louisiana - New Orleans

Neighborhoods - Louisiana - New Orleans

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Elijah Anderson; Prologue; Introduction: Water, Conversations, and Race; 1. ""Katrina Takes Aim""; 2. Geographies of Class and Color; Part II: From Evacuees to Exiles; 3. Life on the Road; 4. From the Road to Exile; Part III: Traversing and Rebuilding; 5. It's Available, but Is It Accessible?; 6. Rebuilding in a Broken City; 7. ""The Katrina Effect""; Epilogue: Making a Space for Chance; Notes; About the Authors and Series Editor; Index