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Trivedi, Jennifer. Mississippi after Katrina: disaster recovery and reconstruction on the Gulf Coast / Jennifer Trivedi. — 1 online resource — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/2698060.pdf>.Record create date: 7/27/2020 Subject: Hurricane Katrina, 2005.; Disaster relief — History; Emergency management Collections: EBSCO Allowed Actions: –
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"In Mississippi After Katrina, Jennifer Trivedi takes an holistic anthropological lens to the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, and illustrates how Hurricane Katrina revealed the cultural, political, and economic issues that shaped the community's history, the storm's impact, and Biloxi's long-term recovery from Katrina"--.
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Table of Contents
- Cover
- Mississippi after Katrina
- Mississippi after KatrinaDisaster Recoveryand Reconstructionon the Gulf Coast
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Biloxi and Katrina
- Time and Perception
- Approach
- Why Now?
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Setting the Scene
- Geography
- The Changing Faces of Biloxi
- Modern Biloxi
- Notes
- Chapter 2
- Hurricane History
- Hurricane Season
- Historic Patterns of Hurricanes
- Fort Lauderdale Hurricane
- Hurricane Betsy
- Hurricane Camille
- Hurricane Georges
- Notes
- Chapter 3
- Hurricane Katrina
- Before Landfall
- The Coming Storm
- Learning about the Storm’s Approach
- The Decision to Stay
- The Decision to Evacuate
- Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall
- Returning and Beginning to Rebuild, Just Like Before
- Who Remains? Who Returns?
- Notes
- Chapter 4
- Trying to Go Home
- But I’m Really From—
- It’s Only Temporary— Or Is It Semi-Permanent?
- Living with Family and Friends, using Pre-Katrina Social Networks
- FEMA Trailers, Problems with Outside Aid
- Travel Trailers as an Alternative, If You Can Find and Afford One
- MEMA Cottages: Pre-Katrina Culture, Post-Katrina Recovery
- Trying to Rent with Rising Costs
- Public Housing, Power, and Recovery
- Rebuilding Homes, Building Up, and Building Costs
- Buying New Homes
- Trying to Come Home
- Collaborative Aid, Bringing Insiders and Outsiders Together
- Building North for Perceived Safety
- Notes
- Chapter 5
- Recovering over the Long Haul
- Vulnerability and East Biloxi
- Creating Local Groups
- Getting Back to Work—A Precursor to Rebuilding Homes
- But the Debates Continue
- Returning to School, Returning to Work, and Facilitating Rebuilding Home
- Churches and Faith
- Other Extreme Events
- Notes
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
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