Katrina: A History, 1915-2015

Title: Katrina: A History, 1915-2015 Author: Andy Horowitz ISBN: 9780674271074 Publisher: Harvard University Press Published: 2022 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1559494 Publisher Description: Winner of the Bancroft PrizeLouisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Book of the Year "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."--Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker Hurricane 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 nea