Environmental disasters--including hurricanes, floods, oil spills, disease, and disappearing wetlands--trouble the Gulf South, an area of the United States that includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The contributors to Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South explore the threat, frequency, and management of this region's disasters from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Scholars from the fields of history, sociology, and anthropology examine the underlying causes of vulnerability to natural hazards in the coastal states while also suggesting ways to...
Environmental disasters--including hurricanes, floods, oil spills, disease, and disappearing wetlands--trouble the Gulf South, an area of the Unite...
