Seeking Higher Ground
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Seeking Higher Ground

The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader

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eBook - PDF

Seeking Higher Ground

The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader

About this book

Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. SEEKING HIGHER GROUND
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. Introduction: SEEKING HIGHER GROUND: RACE, PUBLIC POLICY AND THE HURRICANE KATRINA CRISIS
  6. Part I Politics and Place
  7. Part II Culture, Tradition, and Identity
  8. Part III Race and Repression
  9. Part IV Reimagining the Past and Reconstructing the Future
  10. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  11. INDEX