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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| Subjects: | Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects Hurricane Rita, 2005--Social aspects Disaster relief--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans Disaster relief--Social aspects--Gulf States Marginality, Social--Louisiana--New Orleans Marginality, Social--Gulf States People with social disabilities--Government policy--Louisiana--New Orleans People with social disabilities--Government policy--Gulf States Human services--Louisiana--New Orleans Human services--Gulf States |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Routledge, c2006 |
| LC Classification: | H, HV |
| Table of Contents: | 1. Pre-Katrina, post-Katrina / Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires 1 2. A matter of choice : historical lessons for disaster recovery / Michael P. Powers 13 3. Oral history, folklore, and Katrina / Alan H. Stein, Gene B. Preuss 37 4. Towards a transformative view of race : the crisis and opportunity of Katrina / John A. Powell, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Daniel W. Newhart, Eric Stiens 59 5. Abandoned before the storms : the glaring disaster of gender, race, and class disparities in the Gulf / Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, Heidi Hartmann 85 6. Katrina and the politics of later life / Margaret Morganroth Gullette 103 7. Where is home? : housing for low-income people after the 2005 hurricanes / Sheila Crowley 121 8. Reclaiming New Orleans' working-class communities / Robert O. Zdenek, Ralph Scott, Jane Malone, Brian Gumm 167 9. A new kind of medical disaster in the United States / Evangeline (Vangy) Franklin 185 10. Double jeopardy : public education in New Orleans before and after the storm / Michael Casserly 197 11. An old economy for the "new" New Orleans? : post-hurricane Katrina economic development efforts / Robert K. Whelan 215 12. From poverty to prosperity : the critical role of financial institutions / John Taylor, Josh Silver 233 13. The role of local organizing : house-to-house with boots on the ground / Wade Rathke, Beulah Laboistrie 255 14. Rebuilding a tortured past or creating a model future : the limits and potentials of planning / Peter Marcuse 271 |
| Additional Authors: | Hartman, Chester W Squires, Gregory D |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2006023824 ISBN: 041595486X (hb) ISBN: 0415954878 (pb) EAN: 9780415954860 EAN: 9780415954877 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 |
| Physical Description: | ix, 311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 70718285 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 041595486X 0415954878 9780415954860 9780415954877 |