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Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803217607)
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xOn 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.
Author: Jeremy I. Levitt
ISBN-10: 0803217609
ISBN-13: 9780803217607
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 02/27/2009 pg. 19
Choice 11/01/2009
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.
Author: Jeremy I. Levitt
ISBN-10: 0803217609
ISBN-13: 9780803217607
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 02/27/2009 pg. 19
Choice 11/01/2009
By Jeremy I. Levitt
xJeremy 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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