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There is no such thing as a natural disaster : race, class, and Hurricane Katrina

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There is no such thing as a natural disaster : race, class, and Hurricane Katrina / edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires.
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New York : Routledge, c2006.
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  • Hartman, Chester W.
  • Squires, Gregory D.
Description
ix, 311 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pre-Katrina, post-Katrina / Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires -- A matter of choice: historical lessons for disaster recovery / Michael P. Powers -- Oral history, folklore, and Katrina / Alan H. Stein and Gene B. Preuss -- Towards a transformative view of race: the crisis and opportunity of Katrina / John A. Powell ... [et al.] -- Abandoned before the storms: the glaring disaster of gender, race, and class disparities in the Gulf / Avis W. Jones-DeWeever and Heidi Hartmann -- Katrina and the politics of later life / Margaret Morganroth Gullette -- Where is home? Housing for low-income people after the 2005 hurricanes / Sheila Crowley -- Reclaiming New Orleans' working-class communities / Robert O. Zdenek ... [et al.] -- A new kind of medical disaster in the United States / Evangeline (Vangy) Franklin -- Double jeopardy: public education in New Orleans before and after the storm / Michael Casserly -- An old economy for the "new" New Orleans? Post-Hurricane Katrina economic development efforts / Robert K. Whelan -- From poverty to prosperity: the critical role of financial institutions / John Taylor and Josh Silver -- The role of local organizing: house-to-house with boots on the ground / Wade Rathke and Beulah Laboistrie -- Rebuilding a tortured past or creating a model future: the limits and potentials of planning / Peter Marcuse.
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Sc E 06-1155
ISBN
  • 041595486X (hb)
  • 0415954878 (pb)
LCCN
  • 2006023824
  • 9780415954860
  • 9780415954877
OCLC
70718285
Title
There is no such thing as a natural disaster : race, class, and Hurricane Katrina / edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Hartman, Chester W.
Squires, Gregory D.
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9780415954877
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Sc E 06-1155
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