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Author:

Wooten, Tom, 1986-

Title:

We shall not be moved : rebuilding home in the wake of Katrina / Tom Wooten.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xvi, 228 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Community development--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Urban renewal--New Orleans--New Orleans--Citizen participation.
Neighborhood government--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

A city and a storm -- "Very much at home" -- A vulnerable city -- "Somebody else's couch" -- The year after -- "The whole world was gray" -- Village de l'Est -- "Back on the map" -- Hollygrove : "To re-create a neighborhood" -- Lakeview : "Don't get in our way" -- Broadmoor : "This is no ordinary plan" -- The Lower Ninth Ward : "Always a question, and then a dead silence" -- Neighborhoods and citywide planning : "Promises are made, and they are not kept" -- A ringing bell -- Broadmoor : "Bring life back" -- Village de l'Est : "Everybody's connected" -- Hollygrove : "Slowly but surely" -- Lakeview : "A whole different ballgame" -- The Lower Ninth Ward : "I feel so good when I'm home" -- Laurels.

ISBN:

0807044636 (alk. paper)
9780807044636 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2012001273

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)