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