Seeking Higher Ground
Subtitle: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader (Critical Black Studies)
Contributors: Manning Marable (Editor); Kristen Clarke (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781403983961
Subjects: Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; Discrimination & Racism; United States - State & Local - General; Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief; Disasters & Disaster Relief; Disaster relief; Disasters; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Louisiana; New Orleans; Social aspects
Description: The Hurricane Katrina disaster dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the catastrophe and the failure of government, corporate, and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. This reader is the second volume of the Critical Black Studies Series.