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Come hell or high water : Hurricane Katrina and the color of disaster / Michael Eric Dyson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dyson, Michael Eric.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Civil rights--History--21st century.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Political aspects.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Floods--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Floods.
Emergency management--Political aspects--Gulf States.
Emergency management.
Disaster relief--Gulf States.
Disaster relief.
African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Social conditions.
Poor--Civil rights--United States--History--21st century.
Poor.
Poor--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Racism--Political aspects--United States.
Racism.
Classism--Political aspects--United States.
Classism.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
United States.
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Relations with African Americans.
Bush, George W.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Hurricane Katrina and the color of disaster
Place of Publication:
New York : Basic Civitas, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina combining interviews with survivors of the disaster and the historical context that has been sorely missing from public conversation.
Contents:
Intro
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
CONTENTS
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
EPILOGUE Transforming the Jericho Road
AFTERWORD Great Migrations?
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-255) and index.
ISBN:
1-282-74500-X
9786612745003
0-465-00382-6
OCLC:
647874580

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