{"product_id":"the-continuing-storm-9781477324349","title":"The Continuing Storm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than fifteen years later, Hurricane Katrina maintains a strong grip on the American imagination. The reason is not simply that Katrina was an event of enormous scale, although it certainly was by any measure one of the most damaging storms in American history. But, quite apart from its lethality and destructiveness, Katrina retains a place in living memory because it is one of the most telling disasters in our recent national experience, revealing important truths about our society and ourselves.   The final volume in the award-winning Katrina Bookshelf series The Continuing Storm reflects upon what we have learned about Katrina and about America. Kai Erikson and Lori Peek expand our view of the disaster by assessing its ongoing impact on individual lives and across the wide-ranging geographies where displaced New Orleanians landed after the storm. Such an expanded view, the authors argue, is critical for understanding the human costs of catastrophe across time and space. Concludi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Continuing Storm\u003c\/i\u003e is a succinct volume about how racism, poverty, and other human-made injustices exacerbate natural disasters. * Foreword Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e[The Katrina Bookshelf] is the only series of writings that explores the multiple levels of a disaster and its extended aftermath over a nearly two-decade period. As such, the series provides a much needed understanding of the complexity of disaster response and recovery, of long-term toll disaster takes on people, families, and communities. \u003ci\u003eThe Continuing Storm\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a series capstone of sorts, locating Katrina in both time and space while revisiting the chaos fostered by the immediate storm and flooding. The book also extensively reviews the impact of race and racism on Katrina response and recovery. * Recovery Diva *\u003cbr\u003eThe authors have provided a wonderfully succinct account of Hurricane Katrina that clearly emphasizes the importance of viewing this disaster as an ongoing phenomenon...Erickson and Peek make important contributions to field of critical disaster studies, the study of disaster time frames, and the study of trauma that individuals who endure disasters experience. The Continuing Storm is recommended for those who teach undergraduate courses on environmental history and sociology, history and sociology of disasters, and the sociology of trauma. This book would also serve as a terrific introduction to Katrina for both academic and non-academic audiences. * H-Environment *\u003cbr\u003eEssential. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eFor the final installment of University of Texas Press’ Katrina Bookshelf collection, two of the most discerning voices in disaster sociology, Kai Erikson and Lori Peek, offer answers in a short and powerfully written new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Continuing Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. . . In applying the insights beyond the specific case of Katrina, the book, therefore, concludes as powerfully as it begins, recognizing that most 'storms' have just begun. This excellent book is readable for a variety of audiences, thoroughly insightful, and represents the sociology of disaster at its finest. * Social Forces *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. A Hurricane Known as Katrina \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Along the Shores of the Gulf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. On the Streets of New Orleans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII. Locating Katrina \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. In Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. In Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII. Katrina as Human Experience \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Before: Seeking Out the Most Vulnerable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. During: Being Battered by the Storm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. After: The Pains of Displacement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostlude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408960594263,"sku":"9781477324349","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477324349.jpg?v=1730504871","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-continuing-storm-9781477324349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}