Seeking Higher Ground: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403983961)

Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.

Author: M. Marable
ISBN-10: 1403983968
ISBN-13: 9781403983961
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2007
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d