Hurricane Katrina: Was there a political economy of death?

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 163-180

  Price, Gregory N ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egalitarianism; Hurricane Katrina; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149242538     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-008-9033-z     Document Type: Article

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