{"product_id":"hurricane-katrina-americas-unnatural-disaster-hardback-9780803217607","title":"Hurricane Katrina; America's Unnatural Disaster (Hardback) 9780803217607","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHurricane Katrina\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerica's Unnatural Disaster\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeremy I. Levitt (Edited by), Matthew C. Whitaker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803217607\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eSellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eThe African American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eThe African American Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This eclectic collection of essays succeeds in providing multiple layers of context to the \"unnatural\" tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.\"—S. E. Horn, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eJournal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOn 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, \u003ci\u003eHurricane Katrina:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Unnatural\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDisaster\u003c\/i\u003e questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina's central victims, African Americans.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Figures   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. \"Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again\": Katrina and Its Aftermath   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Letters from a Native Son: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMitchell F. Crusto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. After Katrina: Laying Bare the Anatomy of American Caste \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBryan K. Fair\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Hurricane Katrina and the \"Market\" for Survival: The Role of Economic Theory in the Construction and Maintenance of Disaster  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles R. P. Pouncy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Internal Revenue Code Don't Care about Poor, Black People  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndre L. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Judging under Disaster: The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Criminal Justice System \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhyllis Kotey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. From Worse to Where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the Continuing Public Health Crisis     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlyssa G. Robillard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Failed Plans and Planned Failures: The Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the Continuing Story of Environmental Injustice     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarlton Waterhouse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. \"Still Up on the Roof\": Race, Victimology, and the Response to Hurricane Katrina \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenneth B. Nunn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Governmental Liability for the Katrina Failure     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinda S. Greene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Katrina, Race, Refugees, and Images of the Third World  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. \"Been in the Storm So Long\": Katrina, Reparations, and the Original Understanding of Equal Protection  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eD. Marvin Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545941963032,"sku":"9780803217607","price":29.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hurricane-katrina-americas-unnatural-disaster-hardback-9780803217607","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}