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Title:

There is no such thing as a natural disaster : race, class, and Hurricane Katrina / edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

ix, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Hurricane Rita, 2005--Social aspects.
Disaster relief--Social aspects--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Disaster relief--Social aspects--Gulf States.
Marginality, Social--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Marginality, Social--Gulf States.
People with social disabilities--Government policy--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
People with social disabilities--Government policy--Gulf States.
Human services--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Human services--Gulf States.

Other Authors:

Hartman, Chester W.
Squires, Gregory D.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Index. Peter Marcuse -- Acknowledgments -- 14. Pre-Katrina, post-Katrina / Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires -- 2. A matter of choice : historical lessons for disaster recovery / Michael P. Powers -- 3. Oral history, folklore, and Katrina / Alan H. Stein and Gene B. Preuss -- 4. Towards a transformative view of race : the crisis and opportunity of Katrina / John A. Powell, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Daniel W. Newhart, and Eric Stiens -- 5. Abandoned before the storms : the glaring disaster of gender, race, and class disparities in the Gulf / Avis W. Jones-DeWeever and Heidi Hartmann -- 6. Katrina and the politics of later life / Margaret Morganroth Gullette -- 7. Where is home? Housing for low-income people after the 2005 hurricanes / Sheila Crowley -- 8. Reclaiming New Orleans' working-class communities / Robert O. Zdenek, Ralph Scott, Jane Malone, and Brian Gumm -- 9. A new kind of medical disaster in the United States / Evangeline (Vangy) Franklin -- 10. Double jeopardy : public education in New Orleans before and after the storm / Michael Casserly -- 11. An old economy for the "new" New Orleans? Post-Hurricane Katrina economic development efforts / Robert K. Whelan -- 12. From poverty to prosperity : the critical role of financial institutions / John Taylor and Josh Silver -- 13. The role of local organizing : house-to-house with boots on the ground / Wade Rathke and Beulah Laboistrie -- 14. Rebuilding a tortured past or creating a model future : the limits and potentials of planning / Peter Marcuse -- Contributors -- Index.

ISBN:

9780415954877 (pb)
0415954878 (pb)
9780415954860 (hb)
041595486X (hb)

LCCN:

2006023824

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)