Continuing Storm - Learning From Katrina

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.

List of contents

• Prelude
• I. A Hurricane Known as Katrina
  • 1. Along the Shores of the Gulf
  • 2. On the Streets of New Orleans
• II. Locating Katrina
  • 3. In Time
  • 4. In Space
• 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
• Postlude
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• About the Authors
• Index




About the author










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.




Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kai Erikson, Kai Peek Erikson, Kai/ Peek Erikson, Lori Peek
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781477324349
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-2434-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: The Katrina Bookshelf
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories