It’s the first "hurricane history" of New Orleans
It covers all three of the city’s historical eras: French (1718-1762), Spanish (1762-1800) and American (1803-present) based on primary sources
It features the first comprehensive history of the New Orleans levees from the French colonial period (including the knowledge transfer from France) to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, using French and Spanish colonial records, as well as primary sources from the American period
It combines climate, environmental, social, and economic history
It shows how long-term historical processes are linked to and relevant for the present and future
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
