Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster (Justice and Social Inquiry)
By Unknown Author.
Description
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally. In an original combination of research and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina’s central victims, African Americans.This collection of polemical essays explores the extent to which African Americans and others were, and are, disproportionately affected by the natura...
ISBN(s)
0803217609, 9780803217607
