Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster Contributor(s): Levitt, Jeremy I. (Editor), Whitaker, Matthew C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803217609 ISBN-13: 9780803217607 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 21st Century |
Dewey: 976.044 |
LCCN: 2008045278 |
Series: Justice and Social Inquiry (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.45 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Topical - Black History - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast |
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Publisher Description: 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. Jeremy I. Levitt is the Associate Dean for International Programs and Distinguished Professor of International Law at Florida A&M University College of Law. He presently serves as chief legal advisor of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and formerly served as a World Bank official and United Nations consultant. He is the author of several texts, including The Evolution of Deadly Conflict in Liberia: From "Paternalism" to State Collapse and the editor of Africa: Mapping New Boundaries in International Law. Matthew C. Whitaker is an associate professor of history and an affiliate faculty member in African and African American studies and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West (Nebraska 2007) and African American Icons of Sports: Triumph, Courage, and Excellence. Contributors: Mitchell F. Crusto, Bryan K. Fair, Ruth Gordon, Linda S. Greene, D. Marvin Jones, Phyllis W. Kotey, Jeremy I. Levitt, Kenneth B. Nunn, Charles R. P. Pouncy, Alyssa G. Robillard, Andre L. Smith, Carlton Waterhouse, and Matthew C. Whitaker. |