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<span><span><span>The second edition of </span><span>The Sociology of Katrina</span><span> again brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue and deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. The new edition has been updated and revised throughout, including data about recovery efforts and conditions, and discussions of social issues like education, health care, crime, and the economy. This edition features a new chapter focused on the Katrina experience for people in the primary impact area, or "ground zero," five years after the storm.</span></span><br><span></span></span>

<span><span><span>List of Figures<br>List of Tables<br>Foreword by Kai Erikson</span></span><br><span><span>Preface to the First Edition by David L. Brunsma<br>Preface to the Second Edition by David L. Brunsma<br>Introduction: Katrina as Paradigm Shift: Reflections on Disaster Research in the Twenty-First Century<br>Part I: Framing Katrina: Context and Construction<br>Chapter 1: Finding and Framing Katrina: The Social Construction of Disaster<br>Chapter 2: Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction of Disaster in New Orleans<br>Chapter 3: Crime and Hurricanes in New Orleans<br>Part II: Experiencing Evacuation<br>Chapter 4: Families and Hurricane Response: Risk, Roles, Resources, Race, and Religion: A Framework for Understanding Family Evacuation Strategies, Stress, and Return Migration<br>Chapter 5: Race, Class, and Capital amidst the Hurricane Katrina Diaspora<br>Chapter 6: Understanding Community-Based Disaster Response: Houston's Religious Congregations and Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts<br>Part III: Ongoing Disaster: Reaction and Recovery<br>Chapter 7: Community Recovery from Hurricane Katrina: Storm Experiences, Property Damage, and the Human Condition<br>Chapter 8: After the Levees Broke: Reactions of College Students to the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina<br>Chapter 9: Landscapes of Disaster and Place Orientation in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina<br>Chapter 10: Using Research to Inform and Build Capacity Among Community-Based Organizations: Four Years of Gulf Coast Recovery Following Hurricane Katrina<br>Chapter 11:Rebuilding New Orleans Neighborhoods after Hurricane Katrina: Toward a Theory of Social Structure and Cultural Creativity<br>Part IV: Postdisaster Institutional Change<br>Chapter 12: Disaster Impacts on Education: Hurricane Katrina and the Adaptation and Recovery of New Orleans-Area Colleges and Universities<br>Chapter 13: Heath Needs, Health Care, and Katrina<br>Chapter 14: Immigration, Reconstruction and Settlement: Hurricane Katrina and the Emergence Immigrant Communities<br>Postscript: Considering Katrina<br>Appendix Tables<br>References<br>Index<br>About the Editors and Contributors</span></span><br><span></span></span>

<span><span><span>David L. Brunsma</span><span> is associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri at Columbia.</span></span><br><span><span>David Overfelt</span><span> is a graduate of sociology at the University of Missouri at Columbia and a member of Sociologists Without Borders. </span></span><br><span><span>J. Steven Picou</span><span> is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at the University of South Alabama in Mobile.</span></span><br><span></span></span>