Racing the storm : racial implications and lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Hillary Potter.
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2007], ©2007.
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 314 pages ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Making sense of a hurricane : social identity and attribution explanations of race-related differences in Katrina disaster responses
- The color(s) of crisis : how race, rumor and collective memory shape the legacy of Katrina
- Reframing crime in a disaster : perception, reality, and criminalization of survival tactics among African Americans in the aftermath of Katrina
- Cultural differences in perceptions of the government and the legal system : Hurricane Katrina highlights what has been there all along
- From "Gateway to the Americas" to the "Chocolate City" : the racialization of Latinos in New Orleans
- Saxophones, trumpets, and hurricanes : the cultural restructuring of New Orleans
- Prayer and social welfare in the wake of Katrina : race and volunteerism in disaster response
- Stipulations : a typology of citizenship in the United States after Katrina
- Protect or neglect? Social structure, decision making, and the risk of living in African American places in New Orleans
- Blown away : U.S. militarism and Hurricane Katrina
- Spectacular privatizations : perceptions and lessons from privatization of warfare and the privatization of disaster
- Running faster next time : blacks and Homeland Security.