Kai Erikson, Lori Peek

The Continuing Storm

Learning from Katrina

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This final volume in the award-winning Katrina Bookshelf series reflects upon the lessons of Hurricane Katrina and what they reveal about our society and current cultural climate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 228mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9781477324349
• ISBN-10: 1477324348
• Artikelnr.: 62820010

Autorenporträt

Kai Erikson is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Sociology and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Wayward Puritans, Everything in Its Path, A New Species of Trouble, and The Sociologist’s Eye. Lori Peek is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of Behind the Backlash, coauthor of Children of Katrina, and coeditor of Displaced and the Handbook of Environmental Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prelude
2. I. A Hurricane Known as Katrina
* 1. Along the Shores of the Gulf
* 2. On the Streets of New Orleans
3. II. Locating Katrina
* 3. In Time
* 4. In Space
4. III. Katrina as Human Experience
* 5. Before: Seeking Out the Most Vulnerable
* 6. During: Being Battered by the Storm
* 7. After: The Pains of Displacement
5. Postlude
6. Acknowledgments
7. Notes
8. About the Authors
9. Index