| Description |
xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Justice and social inquiry
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Justice and social inquiry.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-306) and index. |
| Contents |
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again" : Katrina and its aftermath / Jeremy I. Levitt and Matthew C. Whitaker -- Letters from a native son : do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? / Mitchell F. Crusto -- After Katrina : laying bare the anatomy of American caste / Bryan K. Fair -- Hurricane Katrina and the "market" for survival : the role of economic theory in the construction and maintenance of disaster / Charles R. P. Pouncy -- Internal Revenue Code don't care about poor, black people / Andrew L. Smith -- Judging under disaster : the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the criminal justice system / Phyllis Kotey -- From worse to where? African Americans, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing public health crisis / Alyssa G. Robillard -- Failed plans and planned failures : the Lower Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina, and the continuing story of environmental injustice / Carlton Waterhouse -- "Still up on the roof" : race, victimology, and the response to Hurricane Katrina / Kenneth B. Nunn -- Governmental liability for the Katrina failure / Linda S. Greene -- Katrina, race, refugees, and images of the Third World / Ruth Gordon -- "Been in the storm so long" : Katrina, reparations, and the original understanding of equal protection / D. Marvin Jones. |
| Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricane Katrina (2005) |
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Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Disaster relief. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans. |
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Social conditions. |
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Social justice -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Social justice. |
| Added Author |
Levitt, Jeremy I., 1970-
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Whitaker, Matthew C.
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| ISBN |
9780803217607 cloth alkaline paper |
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0803217609 cloth alkaline paper |
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