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How do Hurricane Katrina's winds blow? : racism in 21st-century New Orleans

Title
How do Hurricane Katrina's winds blow? : racism in 21st-century New Orleans / Liza Lugo, JD.
Author
Lugo, Liza
Publication
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]

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Description
xxix, 293 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"The disproportionate effect of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans was an outcome created by law and societal construct, not chance. This book takes a hard look at racial stratification in American today and debunks the myth that segregation is a thing of the past"--
Series Statement
Racism in American institutions
Uniform Title
Racism in American institutions.
Subject
  • Racism > Louisiana > New Orleans
  • African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 21st century
  • Zoning, Exclusionary > Law and legislation > Louisiana > New Orleans
  • Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects
  • Social stratification > United States
  • New Orleans (La.) > Race relations
  • United States > Race relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index.
Call Number
Sc E 14-1145
ISBN
  • 9781440828881 (hardback)
  • 1440828881 (hardback)
  • 9781440828898 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 144082889X (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2013046462
  • 40023551708
OCLC
856053796
Author
Lugo, Liza, author.
Title
How do Hurricane Katrina's winds blow? : racism in 21st-century New Orleans / Liza Lugo, JD.
Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Racism in American institutions
Racism in American institutions.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-288) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40023551708
Research Call Number
Sc E 14-1145
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