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Markets of sorrow, labors of faith : New Orleans in the wake of Katrina / Vincanne Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Vincanne, 1959-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- Disaster relief--Government policy--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--21st century.
- Disaster relief.
- Social justice--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Social justice.
- Emergency management--Government policy--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Privatization--Government policy--United States.
- Privatization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans provides a sobering look at the fallout from the privatization of vital social services under neoliberal, or market-driven, governance.
- Contents:
- It's not about Katrina
- The making of a disaster
- If this could happen to us, it could happen to anyone
- Navigating the road home
- Getting to the breaking points
- Faith in a volunteer recovery
- Charity, philanthrocapitalism and the affect economy
- Katrina as the future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781299223950
- 1299223958
- 9780822379195
- 0822379198
- OCLC:
- 830526216
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