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Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

By Hillary Potter

Book information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2007
ISBN
9780739159880, 2007015412
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3556210 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-01 23:20:26
NonfictionSOC000000Sociology

Description

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society.Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Scholars from a variety of disciplines take on the task of analyzing the social phenomena and racial implications surrounding Hurricane Katrina.

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