Changes in the Air
Hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the Present
Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives; 15;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Berghahn Books
- Date of Publication 1 December 2021
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781800733701
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages252 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Language English 217
Categories
Long description:
Hurricanes have been a constant in the history of New Orleans. Since before its settlement as a French colony in the eighteenth century, the land entwined between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River has been lashed by powerful Gulf storms. Time and again, these hurricanes have wrought immeasurable loss and devastation, spurring reinvention and ingenuity on the part of inhabitants. Changes in the Air offers a rich and thoroughly researched history of how hurricanes have shaped and reshaped New Orleans from the colonial era to the present day, focusing on how its residents have adapted to a uniquely unpredictable and destructive environment across more than three centuries.
MoreTable of Contents:
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List of Figures and Maps
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Hurricane Katrina and the Future of the Past
Chapter 1. Adaptation, Knowledge, and Hurricanes in History
Chapter 2. Environmental Learning and Path Dependence
Chapter 3. Moving out of Harm’s Way
Chapter 4. Disaster and Social Order
Chapter 5. Hurricanes vs. “Mass Idleness”
Chapter 6. To Mandate or Not to Mandate...
Chapter 7. Adaptive Practices, Past and Present
Bibliography
Index
