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The sociology of Katrina：perspectives on a modern catastrophe

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Brunsma David L; Overfelt David; Picou J. Steven
Published: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Publisher Address: Lanham, Md.
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects
Disasters > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans
Hurricanes > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans
Disaster relief > Louisiana > New Orleans
New Orleans La. > Social conditions > 21st century
Carrier Form: xx, 282 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780742559295 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742559297 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742559301 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742559300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: D771
CLC: D771.27
Call Number: D771.27/S678-2
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index.
Introduction: Katrina as paradigm shift : reflections on disaster research in the twenty-first century / J. Steven Picou and Brent Marshall -- Finding and framing Katrina : the social construction of disaster / Russell R. Dynes and Havidán Rodriguez -- Disaster as war : militarism and the social construction of disaster in New Orleans / Kathleen Tierney and Christine Bevc -- Crime and hurricanes in New Orleans / Kelly Frailing and Dee Wood Harper -- Families and hurricane response : evacuation, separation, and the emotional toll of Hurricane Katrina / Timothy J. Haney, James R. Elliott, and

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