Come Hell or High Water Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

Name: Come Hell or High Water Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
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ISBN: 9780465017720

ISBN-10: 046501772X

ISBN-13: 9780465017720

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael Eric Dyson

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When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of these people were black; nearly all were poor. Displaying the intellectual rigor, political passion, and personal empathy that have won him acclaim and fans all across the color line, Michael Eric Dyson offers a searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina. With this clarion call Dyson warns us that we can only find redemption as a society if we acknowledge that Katrina was more than an engineering or emergency response failure. What's at stake is no less than the future of democracy. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 7/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.91" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface: Pompeii and 8/29



Unnatural Disasters: Race and Poverty



Does George W. Bush Care About Black People?



The Politics of Disaster



Hurricane and Hesitation



Levees and Lies



Follow the Leader?



Guns and Butter (or FEMA-nizing Disaster)



Capitalizing on Disaster



Frames of Reference: Class, Caste, Culture, and Cameras



Supernatural Disasters? Theodicy and Prophetic Faith


Epilogue: Transforming the Jericho Road


Afterword: Great Migrations?


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index