Katrina: A History 1915-2015

294 Pages·2020·31.418 MB·English

by  Andy Horowitz

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KATR I NA
A History, 1915–2015
ANDY HOROWITZ
Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England
2020
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Copyright © 2020 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of Amer i ca
Publication of this book has been supported through the generous
provisions of the Maurice and Lula Bradley Smith Memorial Fund
First printing
Cover photo: POOL / AFP / Getty Images
Cover design: Jill Breitbarth
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as
follows:
Names: Horowitz, Andy (Andrew Deutsch), author.
Title: Katrina : a history, 1915–2015 / Andy Horowitz.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press,
2020. | Includes index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2019049275 | ISBN 9780674971714 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Hurricanes—Louisiana—New Orleans—History. |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005. | New Orleans (La.)—Economic
conditions. | New Orleans (La.)—History. | New Orleans (La.)—
Politics and government.
Classification: LCC HV636 2005 .N4 H67 2020 |
DDC 363.34 / 9220976335—dc23
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
PART I
1. How to Sink New Orleans: Controlling Floods, Oil, and States’
Rights, 1927–1965 19
2. Help!: Hurricane Betsy and the Politics of Disaster in the Lower Ninth
Ward, 1965–1967 44
3. The New New Orleans: Louisiana Grows and Shrinks, 1967–2005 69
PART II
4. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?: Hurricane
Katrina, August– September 2005 115
5. Rebuilding the Land of Dreams: 2005–2015 138
Epilogue:The End of Empire, Louisiana 181
Notes 199
Acknowl edgments 265
Index 269
Illustrations follow page 97
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