City adrift : New Orleans before and after Katrina / Jenni Bergal ... [et al.] ; foreword by Dan Rather ; a Center for Public Integrity Investigation.
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
c2007.
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| Summary: | "At least 1,400 Louisianans died in Hurricane Katrina, more than half of them from New Orleans, and hundreds of thousands more were displaced, many still wondering if they will ever be able to return. How could all of this have happened in twenty-first-century America? And could it all happen again?" "To answer these questions, the Center for Public Integrity commissioned seven seasoned journalists to travel to New Orleans and investigate the storm's aftermath. In City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina, they present their findings." "They interviewed homeowners and health officials, first responders and politicians, and evacuees and other ordinary citizens to explore the storm from numerous angles, including health care, social services, housing and insurance, and emergency preparedness. They also identify the political, social, geographical, and technological factors that compounded the tragedy." "City Adrift provides not only an assessment of what went wrong in the Big Easy during and following Hurricane Katrina, but also, more importantly, a road map of what must be done to ensure that such a devastating tragedy is never repeated."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 168 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes: | Bib#: 1088434 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-156) and index. |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780807132845 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807132845 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Bib#: | 1088434 |
