Hurricane Katrina America's unnatural disaster / edited, and with an introduction, by Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker.
| Other author | Levitt, Jeremy I., 1970- |
| Other author | Whitaker, Matthew C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, |
| Description | xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Justice and social inquiry Justice and social inquiry. ^A1035868 |
| Contents | "Truth crushed to earth will rise again" : Katrina and its aftermath / Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker -- Letters from a native son : do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? / Mitchell F. Crusto -- After Katrina : laying bare the anatomy of American caste / Bryan K. Fair -- Hurricane Katrina and the "market" for survival : the role of economic theory in the construction and maintenance of disaster / Charles R. P. Pouncy -- The Internal Revenue Code don't care about poor, black people / Andrew L. Smith -- Judging under disaster : the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the criminal justice system / Phyllis Kotey -- From worse to where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing public health crisis / Alyssa G. Robillard -- Failed plans and planned failures : the Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing story of environmental injustice / Carlton Waterhouse -- "Still up on the roof" : race, victimology, and the response to Hurricane Katrina / Kenneth B. Nunn -- Governmental liability for the Katrina failure / Linda S. Greene -- Katrina, race, refugees, and images of the Third World / Ruth Gordon -- "Been in the storm so long" : Katrina, reparations, and the original understanding of equal protection / D. Marvin Jones. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-306) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008045278 |
| ISBN | 9780803217607 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0803217609 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |