Gregory (Hrsg.) Squires

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster

Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina

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There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down on record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government's inept and cavalier response. But it is also a huge story for other reasons; the impact of the hurricane was uneven, and race and class were deeply implicated in the unevenness.Hartman and. Squires assemble two dozen critical scholars and activists who present a multifaceted portrait of the social implications of the disaster. The book covers the response to the disaster and the role… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Hartman, Chester (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-136-08474-4
EAN: 9781136084744
Produktnummer: 20168696
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 328 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 4'690 KB
Abbildungen: 9 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen

Über den Autor

Chester Hartman, an urban planner and author, is Director of Research of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council in Washington, DC.Gary Squires is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at George Washington University.