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State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisiana's Land Loss Crisis

McDowell, Robin

Journal of Southern History, 2022, Vol.88 (4), p.818-819 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisiana's Land Loss Crisis
Author: McDowell, Robin
Subjects: Book publishing ; Disasters ; Historical text analysis ; Planning
Is Part Of: Journal of Southern History, 2022, Vol.88 (4), p.818-819
Description: State of Disaster moves in an arc that begins with meditations on larger themes of disaster, resilience, and restoration, continues with an analysis of cartographic sources dating back to the eighteenth century, and concludes with a deep dive into more recent documents and planning methods, including the state's 2012 and 2017 Coastal Master Plans. State of Disaster will encourage scholarly audiences in and beyond Louisiana concerned with climate change, disaster studies, and policy making to do more than raise an eyebrow at palliative statements and media campaigns promoting community-centered coastal restoration planning. Readers will leave with a new sense of the scale of both damage and possibility, measured not by football fields' worth of land lost and recovered, but by the human capacity to adapt and endure despite all odds.
Publisher: Houston: Southern Historical Association
Language: English

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