The Resource We're still here, ya bastards : how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city, Roberta Brandes Gratz
We're still here, ya bastards : how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city, Roberta Brandes Gratz
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- Summary
- "[Katrina] completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger ... Watching coverage of the hurricane on television in 2005 ... Roberta Brandes Gratz knew that the best chance for the city's recovery came from the people who would return to New Orleans. She also knew that she wanted to see for herself how the city would respond. Two years later, after having made several trips to the area and written several articles, Gratz bought a house in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans and immersed herself in the life of the city"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 404 pages
- Contents
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- Preface
- Introduction: The Live Oaks
- Chapter 1: The Lower Ninth Ward
- Chapter 2: The View from Above
- Chapter 3: The Grassroots Take Charge
- Chapter 4: What Katrina Couldn't Destroy
- Chapter 5: The Bells Keep Ringing
- Chapter 6: Building New, Restoring Old
- Chapter 7: Inside and Outside the Levee
- Chapter 8: Environmental Connections
- Chapter 9: The Demise of Charity Hospital
- Chapter 10: Crime, the Jail, and the Police
- Chapter 11: The Education Challenge
- Chapter 12: Public Housing and Disaster Capitalism
- Chapter 13: Women at the Forefront
- Conclusion: "We're Still Here Ya Bastards"
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781568587448
- Label
- We're still here, ya bastards : how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city
- Title
- We're still here, ya bastards
- Title remainder
- how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city
- Statement of responsibility
- Roberta Brandes Gratz
- Title variation
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- We're still here, you bastards
- How the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city
- Title variation remainder
- how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city
- Subject
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
- New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 21st century
- Urban renewal -- Citizen participation
- trueSociety and culture -- Urban and regional studies
- Urban renewal -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- 2000 - 2099
- History
- trueUrban renewal
- trueCities and towns
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- trueUrban planning
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- trueCommunity development
- City planning -- Citizen participation
- Community development
- Community development -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Social aspects
- trueHistory Writing -- Natural Disasters and Tragedies
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana -- History -- 21st century
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- City planning -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "[Katrina] completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger ... Watching coverage of the hurricane on television in 2005 ... Roberta Brandes Gratz knew that the best chance for the city's recovery came from the people who would return to New Orleans. She also knew that she wanted to see for herself how the city would respond. Two years later, after having made several trips to the area and written several articles, Gratz bought a house in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans and immersed herself in the life of the city"--
- Summary
- An urbanist and author recounts her decision to help rebuild post-Katrina New Orleans, sharing panoramic perspectives based on the stories of people who returned and took personal roles in recovery efforts
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- 10429151
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- Gratz, Roberta Brandes
- Dewey number
- 307.1/2160976335
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Community development
- Urban renewal
- City planning
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- New Orleans (La.)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- City planning
- Community development
- Social aspects
- Urban renewal
- Louisiana
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- adult
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- how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city
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- We're still here, ya bastards : how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city, Roberta Brandes Gratz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-387) and index
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- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: The Live Oaks -- Chapter 1: The Lower Ninth Ward -- Chapter 2: The View from Above -- Chapter 3: The Grassroots Take Charge -- Chapter 4: What Katrina Couldn't Destroy -- Chapter 5: The Bells Keep Ringing -- Chapter 6: Building New, Restoring Old -- Chapter 7: Inside and Outside the Levee -- Chapter 8: Environmental Connections -- Chapter 9: The Demise of Charity Hospital -- Chapter 10: Crime, the Jail, and the Police -- Chapter 11: The Education Challenge -- Chapter 12: Public Housing and Disaster Capitalism -- Chapter 13: Women at the Forefront -- Conclusion: "We're Still Here Ya Bastards" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn893455135
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xix, 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9781568587448
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- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014047653
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- (OCoLC)893455135
- Label
- We're still here, ya bastards : how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city, Roberta Brandes Gratz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-387) and index
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- nc
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- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction: The Live Oaks -- Chapter 1: The Lower Ninth Ward -- Chapter 2: The View from Above -- Chapter 3: The Grassroots Take Charge -- Chapter 4: What Katrina Couldn't Destroy -- Chapter 5: The Bells Keep Ringing -- Chapter 6: Building New, Restoring Old -- Chapter 7: Inside and Outside the Levee -- Chapter 8: Environmental Connections -- Chapter 9: The Demise of Charity Hospital -- Chapter 10: Crime, the Jail, and the Police -- Chapter 11: The Education Challenge -- Chapter 12: Public Housing and Disaster Capitalism -- Chapter 13: Women at the Forefront -- Conclusion: "We're Still Here Ya Bastards" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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- ocn893455135
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- 25 cm
- Extent
- xix, 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9781568587448
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- (Hardcover)
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- 2014047653
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
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- illustrations
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- (OCoLC)893455135
Subject
- 2000 - 2099
- trueCities and towns
- City planning -- Citizen participation
- City planning -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- trueCommunity development
- Community development
- Community development -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- History
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- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 21st century
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
- Social aspects
- trueSociety and culture -- Urban and regional studies
- trueUrban planning
- trueUrban renewal
- Urban renewal -- Citizen participation
- Urban renewal -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
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