Hartnell, Anna,

After Katrina : race, neoliberalism, and the end of the American century / Anna Hartnell. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: "Is this America?" -- Part 1. American time -- New Orleans and empire : legacies from the "Age of Revolution" -- New Orleans and Americanization : "progress," "decline," and tourism in the twentieth century -- Part 2. Katrina time -- Documenting Katrina : the return of the "real" -- Resisting Katrina : the right to return -- Part 3. New Orleans time -- New Orleans and water : re-mapping ecologies of the Gulf South -- New Orleans and the nation : legacies from the future.

"Argues that post-Katrina New Orleans is a key site for exploring competing narratives of American decline and renewal at the beginning of the twenty-first century."--Provided by publisher.



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Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.
African Americans--Social conditions.--Louisiana--New Orleans (La.)
Social change--United States.
Neoliberalism--United States.
Capitalism--Social aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.


Electronic Books.

HN80 / .A384 2017