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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814092003321

Titolo

Seeking higher ground : the Hurricane Katrina crisis, race, and public policy reader / / edited by Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

ISBN

1-281-91556-4

9786611915568

0-230-61009-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

The critical Black studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

MarableManning <1950-2011.>

ClarkeKristen

Disciplina

976.335064

Soggetti

Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Social aspects

Disasters - Social aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans

Disaster relief - Louisiana - New Orleans

Marginality, Social - Louisiana - New Orleans

African Americans - Government policy - Louisiana - New Orleans

New Orleans (La.) Race relations

New Orleans (La.) Politics and government

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

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Seeking Higher Ground: Race, Public Policy and the Hurricane Katrina Crisis; I. Politics and Place; II. Culture, Tradition, and Identity; III. Race and Repression; IV. Reimagining the Past and Reconstructing the Future; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester



Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.