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