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Title The sociology of Katrina : perspectives on a modern catastrophe / edited by David L. Brunsma, David Overfelt, and J. Steven Picou.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 365 pages)
data file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-339) and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction: Katrina as Paradigm Shift: Reflections on Disaster Research in the Twenty-First Century; Part I: Framing Katrina: Context and Construction; Chapter: 1 Finding and Framing Katrina: The Social Construction of Disaster; Chapter: 2Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction of Disaster in New Orleans; Chapter: 3Crime and Hurricanes in New Orleans; Part II: Experiencing Evacuation.
Chapter: 4 Families and Hurricane Response: Risk, Roles, Resources, Race, and Religion: A Framework for Understanding Family Evacuation Strategies, Stress, and Return MigrationChapter: 5 Race, Class, and Capital amidst the Hurricane Katrina Diaspora; Chapter: 6 Understanding Community-Based Disaster Response: Houston's Religious Congregations and Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts; Part III: Ongoing Disaster: Reaction and Recovery; Chapter: 7 Community Recovery from Hurricane Katrina: Storm Experiences, Property Damage, and the Human Condition.
Chapter: 8 After the Levees Broke: Reactions of College Students to the Aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaChapter: 9 Landscapes of Disaster and Place Orientation in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; Chapter: 10 Using Research to Inform and Build Capacity among Community-Based Organizations: Four Years of Gulf Coast Recovery following Hurricane Katrina; Chapter: 11 Rebuilding New Orleans Neighborhoods after Hurricane Katrina: Toward a Theory of Social Structure and Cultural Creativity; Part IV: Postdisaster Institutional Change.
Chapter: 12 Disaster Impacts on Education: Hurricane Katrina and the Adaptation and Recovery of New Orleans-Area Colleges and UniversitiesChapter: 13 Heath Needs, Health Care, and Katrina; Chapter: 14 Immigration, Reconstruction, and Settlement: Hurricane Katrina and the Emergence of Immigrant Communities; Postscript: Considering Katrina; Appendix Tables; References; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.
Summary The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina again brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue and deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. The new edition has been updated and revised throughout, including data about recovery efforts and conditions, and discussions of social issues like education, health care, crime, and the economy. This edition features a new chapter focused on the Katrina experience for people in the primary impact area, or ""gr.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects.
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Social aspects.
Disasters -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Disasters -- Social aspects.
Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Disasters.
Hurricanes -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Hurricanes -- Social aspects.
Hurricanes.
Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Disaster relief.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Brunsma, David L.
Overfelt, David.
Picou, J. Steven.
Other Form: Print version: The sociology of Katrina Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010. 9781442206267 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010014296
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