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Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Politics and Place
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Culture, Tradition, and Identity
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Race and Repression
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Reimagining the Past and Reconstructing the Future
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Reviews
"Seeking Higher Ground thoroughly examines every angle of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and offers smart, damning critiques of how individual and societal prejudice turned a natural disaster into a man-made catastrophe. After more than two years, this book reminds us of all the work still left to be done." - Donna Brazile,
"This marvelous book is the most comprehensive and insightful examination of the most catastrophic event in recent American history." - Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
About the authors
Manning Marable is Professor of Historyand Political Science and Director, Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University. Kristen Clarke works with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educations Fund, Inc., handling voting rights matters and legal problems resulting from the Hurricane Katrina Crisis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seeking Higher Ground
Book Subtitle: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader
Editors: Manning Marable, Kristen Clarke
Series Title: Critical Black Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610095
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-8396-1Published: 15 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7779-3Published: 15 December 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61009-5Published: 23 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-7416
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7424
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 320
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethnicity Studies, African American Culture, Environmental Sociology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Public Policy