Camille, 1969 : histories of a hurricane / Mark M. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Mark M. (Mark Michael), 1968-

Series:

Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 51.

Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurricane Camille, 1969.

Hurricane Camille, 1969--Historiography.

Senses and sensation--Mississippi--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.

Senses and sensation.

Hurricanes--Social aspects--Mississippi--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.

Hurricanes.

Natural disasters--Social aspects--Mississippi--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.

Natural disasters.

Disaster relief--Mississippi--Gulf Coast--History--20th century.

Disaster relief.

Gulf Coast (Miss.)--History--20th century.

Gulf Coast (Miss.).

Gulf Coast (Miss.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Gulf Coast (Miss.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens [Ga.] : University of Georgia Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty-six years before Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and southern Mississippi, the region was visited by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the United States: Camille. Mark M. Smith offers three highly original histories of the storm's impact in southern Mississippi. In the first essay Smith examines the sensory experience and impact of the hurricane-how the storm rearranged and challenged residents' senses of smell, sight, sound, touch, and taste. The second essay explains the way key federal officials linked the question of hurricane relief and the desegregation of Mississippi's public schools. Smith concludes by considering the political economy of short- and long-term disaster recovery, returning to issues of race and class. Camille, 1969 offers stories of survival and experience, of the tenacity of social justice in the face of a natural disaster, and of how recovery from Camille worked for some but did not work for others. Throughout these essays are lessons about how we might learn from the past in planning for recovery from natural disasters in the future.

Contents:

The sensory history of a natural disaster

Desegregating Camille : civil rights, disaster rights

The political economy of disaster recovery.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613110350

9781283110358

1283110350

9780820339542

0820339547

OCLC:

724415318