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
-
- 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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- Urban renewal -- Citizen participation
- Urban renewal -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- 2000 - 2099
- trueCities and towns
- City planning -- Citizen participation
- City planning -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- Community development
- trueCommunity 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
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 21st century
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana -- History -- 21st century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
- Social aspects
- trueUrban planning
- trueUrban renewal
- 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"--
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- 10429151
- Cataloging source
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- Gratz, Roberta Brandes
- Dewey number
- 307.1/2160976335
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- Community development
- Urban renewal
- City planning
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- 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
- City planning
- Community development
- Social aspects
- Urban renewal
- New Orleans (La.)
- Louisiana
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- how the people of New Orleans rebuilt their city
- 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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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
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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
- 1100402
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xix, 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9781568587448
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014047653
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781568587448
- (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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- 1100402
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xix, 404 pages
- Isbn
- 9781568587448
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014047653
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781568587448
- (OCoLC)893455135
Subject
- Urban renewal -- Citizen participation
- Urban renewal -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- 2000 - 2099
- trueCities and towns
- City planning -- Citizen participation
- City planning -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Citizen participation
- Community development
- trueCommunity 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
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 21st century
- trueNew Orleans, Louisiana -- History -- 21st century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
- Social aspects
- trueUrban planning
- trueUrban renewal
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