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How We Came Back: Voices from Post-Katrina New Orleans

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeastern Louisiana, displacing half a million people and causing more than $100 billion in damage in the Greater New Orleans region. The nation wondered how the people of New Orleans could recuperate from a disaster of this magnitude, the most costly in American history. Within a couple of years of Katrina, hundreds of thousands had returned and were rebuilding their homes. How they have got come back is, to say the least, something of a puzzle.

A decade later, this book presents 17 oral histories of Hurricane Katrina survivors from four diverse New Orleans communities. The oral histories explore how these individuals, families, and communities began to rebuild after the devastation. These testimonies show that communities may also be surprisingly resilient in the wake of disaster, especially thanks to early and disproportionately large individual efforts.

Why have some communities rebounded quickly whilst others have lagged at the back of? Even after accounting for obvious factors, such as degree of damage, median income, and flood insurance, much of the variance remains unexplained. What are the socially embedded resources that communities have drawn on to develop effective recovery strategies? Why, despite the commitment of significant government resources, have a number of the official forms of assistance produced disappointing results?

This book explores the answers to these persistent questions, which have dogged social scientists over the last 10 years. Perhaps most importantly, it serves as fitting tribute to the vision, get to the bottom of, and industriousness of those who came back.

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