Hurricane Katrina in Transatlantic Perspective

by Randy J. Sparks and Romain Huret

There is no such thing as a 'natural' disaster, writes Romain Huret in his introduction to this multidisciplinary study of the events surrounding and the legacy of Hurricane Katrina. Though nature produced Katrina's rising waters and destructive winds, a vast array of manmade factors shaped the scope of the storm's impact as well as the local and national response to it. In Hurricane Katrina in Transatlantic Perspective, American and European scholars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807158437
• ISBN13: 9780807158432
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"