{"product_id":"katrina-a-history-1915-2015-9780674271074","title":"Katrina: A History, 1915-2015","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bancroft Prize\u003cbr\u003eLouisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The main thrust of Horowitz's account is to make us understand Katrina--the civic calamity, not the storm itself--as a consequence of decades of bad decisions by humans, not an unanticipated caprice of nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Nicholas Lemann, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, but the decisions that caused the disaster can be traced back nearly a century. After the city weathered a major hurricane in 1915, its Sewerage and Water Board believed that developers could safely build housing near the Mississippi, on lowlands that relied on significant government subsidies to stay dry. When the flawed levee system failed, these were the neighborhoods that were devastated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe flood line tells one important story about Katrina, but it is not the only story that matters. Andy Horowitz investigates the response to the flood, when policymakers made it easier for white New Orleanians to return home than for African Americans. He explores how the profits and liabilities created by Louisiana's oil industry have been distributed unevenly, prompting dreams of abundance and a catastrophic land loss crisis that continues today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterful...Disasters have the power to reveal who we are, what we value, what we're willing--and unwilling--to protect.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you want to read only one book to better understand why people in positions of power in government and industry do so little to address climate change, even with wildfires burning and ice caps melting and extinctions becoming a daily occurrence, this is the one.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorowitz, Andy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andy Horowitz is Associate Professor of History at Tulane University. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistorical Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525714678034,"sku":"9780674271074","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d08813c1-c459-4234-a3b2-7121023a663a.jpg?v=1731235051","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/katrina-a-history-1915-2015-9780674271074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}