Changes in the air : hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the present / Eleonora Rohland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rohland, Eleonora, author.

Series:

Environment in history : international perspectives ; Volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurricanes--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Hurricanes.

Hurricanes--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

New Orleans (La.)--History.

New Orleans (La.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2019.

Summary:

Hurricanes have been a constant in the history of New Orleans. Since before its settlement as a French colony in the eighteenth century, the land entwined between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River has been lashed by powerful Gulf storms. Time and again, these hurricanes have wrought immeasurable loss and devastation, spurring reinvention and ingenuity on the part of inhabitants. Changes in the Air offers a rich and thoroughly researched history of how hurricanes have shaped and reshaped New Orleans from the colonial era to the present day, focusing on how its residents have adapted to a uniquely unpredictable and destructive environment across more than three centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Maps

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction. Hurricane Katrina and the Future of the Past

Chapter 1. Adaptation, Knowledge, and Hurricanes in History

Chapter 2. Environmental Learning and Path Dependence

Chapter 3. Moving out of Harm’s Way

Chapter 4. Disaster and Social Order

Chapter 5. Hurricanes vs. “Mass Idleness”

Chapter 6. To Mandate or Not to Mandate . . .

Chapter 7. Adaptive Practices, Past and Present

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781785339325

178533932X

OCLC:

1176302882