Come hell or high water : Hurricane Katrina and the color of disaster
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- ISBN: 9780465017614
- ISBN: 0465017614
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xii, 258 p. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2006.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-244) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface: Pompeii and 8/29 -- Unnatural disasters : race and poverty -- Does George W. Bush care about black people? -- The politics of disaster -- Hurricane and hesitation -- Levees and lies -- Follow the leader? -- Guns and butter (or FEMA-nizing disaster) -- Capitalizing on disaster -- Frames of reference : class, caste, culture, and cameras -- Supernatural disasters? : theodicy and prophetic faith -- Afterword: Transforming the Jericho road. |
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