Displaced
Subtitle: life in the Katrina diaspora
By: edited by Lynn Weber and Lori Peek ; with Social Science Research Council Research Network on Persons Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
Contributors: Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Research Network on Persons Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780292735774; 9780292737648; 9780292735781
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Disaster victims; Social aspects; Social conditions; Internally displaced persons; Refugees; Disaster relief
Description: Hurricane Katrina forced the largest and most abrupt displacement in U.S. history. About 1.5 million people evacuated from the Gulf Coast preceding Katrina's landfall.The contributors to Displaced have been following the lives of Katrina evacuees since 2005. In this illuminating book, they offer the first comprehensive analysis of the experiences of the displaced.
Notes: Includes index.