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Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster (Justice and Social Inquiry) - Hardcover

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9780803217607: Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster (Justice and Social Inquiry)
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ISBN 10: 0803217609 ISBN 13: 9780803217607
Verlag: University of Nebraska Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally. In an original combination of research and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: America&;s Unnatural Disaster questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina&;s central victims, African Americans.

This collection of polemical essays explores the extent to which African Americans and others were, and are, disproportionately affected by the natural and manmade forces that caused Hurricane Katrina. Such an engaged study of this tragic event forces us to acknowledge that the ways in which we view our history and life have serious ramifications on modern human relations, public policy, and quality of life.

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Jeremy I. Levitt is the Associate Dean for International Programs and Distinguished Professor of International Law at Florida A&M University College of Law. He presently serves as chief legal advisor of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and formerly served as a World Bank official and United Nations consultant. He is the author of several texts, including The Evolution of Deadly Conflict in Liberia: From &;Paternalism&; to State Collapse and the editor of Africa: Mapping New Boundaries in International Law.
 
Matthew C. Whitaker is an associate professor of history and an affiliate faculty member in African and African American studies and the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West (Nebraska 2007) and African American Icons of Sports: Triumph, Courage, and Excellence.
 
Contributors: Mitchell F. Crusto, Bryan K. Fair, Ruth Gordon, Linda S. Greene, D. Marvin Jones, Phyllis W. Kotey, Jeremy I. Levitt, Kenneth B. Nunn, Charles R. P. Pouncy, Alyssa G. Robillard, Andre L. Smith, Carlton Waterhouse, and Matthew C. Whitaker.

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Verlag
University of Nebraska Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803217609
ISBN 13 
9780803217607
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
324
Herausgeber
Levitt Jeremy I., Whitaker Matthew C.
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