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The End of an Error?

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After Katrina struck, it took weeks for the flood-waters to recede, and far longer for the memories of human misery to do so—if they ever will. From a distance of several years, however, perhaps it is now possible to assess Katrina’s larger lessons.

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  1. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    William R. Freudenburg

  2. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA

    Robert Gramling

  3. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Shirley Laska

  4. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kai T. Erikson

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© 2009 William R. Freudenburg, Robert B. Gramling, Shirley B. Laska and Kai T. Erikson

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Freudenburg, W.R., Gramling, R., Laska, S., Erikson, K.T. (2009). The End of an Error?. In: Catastrophe in the Making. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-156-6_10

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