Hurricane Katrina [[electronic resource] ] : America's unnatural disaster / / edited, and with an introduction, by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker

• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (323 p.)
• Disciplina: 976/.044
• Soggetto topico: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Disaster relief - Louisiana - New Orleans; African Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions; Social justice - Louisiana - New Orleans
• Altri autori: LevittJeremy I. <1970-> WhitakerMatthew C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Truth crushed to earth will rise again" : Katrina and its aftermath / Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker -- Letters from a native son : do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? / Mitchell F. Crusto -- After Katrina : laying bare the anatomy of American caste / Bryan K. Fair -- Hurricane Katrina and the "market" for survival : the role of economic theory in the construction and maintenance of disaster / Charles R. P. Pouncy -- The Internal Revenue Code don't care about poor, black people / Andrew L. Smith -- Judging under disaster : the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the criminal justice system / Phyllis Kotey -- From worse to where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing public health crisis / Alyssa G. Robillard -- Failed plans and planned failures : the Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing story of environmental injustice / Carlton Waterhouse -- "Still up on the roof" : race, victimology, and the response to Hurricane Katrina / Kenneth B. Nunn -- Governmental liability for the Katrina failure / Linda S. Greene -- Katrina, race, refugees, and images of the Third World / Ruth Gordon -- "Been in the storm so long" : Katrina, reparations, and the original understanding of equal protection / D. Marvin Jones.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hurricane Katrina
• ISBN: 1-282-13089-7; 9786612130892; 0-8032-2463-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828342103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Justice and social inquiry.