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Title:

The sociology of Katrina : perspectives on a modern catastrophe / edited by David L. Brunsma, David Overfelt and J. Steven Picou.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xx, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Disasters--Social aspects--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Hurricanes--Social aspects--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Disaster relief--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.

Other Authors:

Brunsma, David L.
Overfelt, David.
Picou, J. Steven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Katrina as paradigm shift : reflections on disaster research in the twenty-first century / J. Steven Picou and Brent Marshall -- Finding and framing Katrina : the social construction of disaster / Russell R. Dynes and Havidán Rodriguez -- Disaster as war : militarism and the social construction of disaster in New Orleans / Kathleen Tierney and Christine Bevc -- Crime and hurricanes in New Orleans / Kelly Frailing and Dee Wood Harper -- Families and hurricane response : evacuation, separation, and the emotional toll of Hurricane Katrina / Timothy J. Haney, James R. Elliott, and Elizabeth Fussell -- Race, class, and capital amidst the Hurricane Katrina diaspora / John Barnshaw and Joseph Trainor -- Understanding community-based disaster response : Houston's religious congregations and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts / Emily Holcombe -- After the levees broke : reactions of college students to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina / Kris Macomber, Sarah E. Rusche, Delmar Wright -- Landscapes of disaster and place orientation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina / Demond Shondell Miller and Jason David Rivera -- A community study of disaster impacts and redevelopment issues facing East Biloxi, Mississippi / Anna M. Kleiner, John J. Green, and Albert Nylander III -- Rebuilding New Orleans neighborhoods after Hurricane Katrina : toward a theory of social structure and cultural creativity / George E. Capowich and Marcus M. Kondkar -- Hurricane Katrina and its impact on education / Ashraf M. Esmail, Lisa A. Eargle, Shyamal K. Das -- Health needs, health care, and Katrina / Nancy G. Kutner -- Reconstructing New Orleans after Katrina : the emergence of an immigrant labor market / Katharine M. Donato, Nicole Trujillo-Pagán, Carl L. Bankston III, and Audrey Singer -- Postscript: Considering Katrina / Lee Clarke.

ISBN:

0742559300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742559301 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742559297 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742559295 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007005905

Locations:

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

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)