Mississippi after Katrina

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Mississippi after Katrina

Author	: Jennifer Trivedi
File Size	: 55,7 Mb
Publisher	: Lexington Books
Language	: English
Release Date	: 24 November 2020
ISBN	: 9781793610140
Pages	: 263 pages

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Mississippi after Katrina by Jennifer Trivedi Book PDF Summary

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the American Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Biloxi, Mississippi, a small town on the coast, was one of the towns devastated directly by the storm. Drawing on ethnographic, media, and historic document research and analysis, Jennifer Trivedi explores the pre-disaster cultural, historical, social, political, and economic distinctions that shaped the recovery ofBiloxi and Biloxians. Trivedi examines how networks of people, groups, and institutions worked to prepare for and recover from the hurricane, reinforcing the distinctions that existed before the storm.

Mississippi after Katrina by Jennifer Trivedi

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