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    Summary: Come Hell or High Water: Review and Analysis of Michael Eric Dyson's Book
    Summary: Come Hell or High Water: Review and Analysis of Michael Eric Dyson's Book
    Summary: Come Hell or High Water: Review and Analysis of Michael Eric Dyson's Book
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    Summary: Come Hell or High Water: Review and Analysis of Michael Eric Dyson's Book

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    The must-read summary of Michael Eric Dyson's book: “Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster”.

    This complete summary of "Come Hell or High Water" by Michael Eric Dyson, an American academic and specialist on social issues, examines his account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on the community. He argues that their plight was largely ignored due to their poverty and the fact that the community was predominantly black, provoking an examination of American racial relations and the legacy of black suffering ever since slavery.

    Added-value of this summary:
    • Save time
    • Understand Hurricane Katrina and its impact on the community
    • Expand your knowledge of American politics, society and culture

    To learn more, read "Come Hell or High Water" and discover how a natural disaster wrought havoc on a community and highlighted issues of social and racial injustice in American culture.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPolitical Book Summaries
    Release dateJan 30, 2017
    ISBN9782511000465
    Summary: Come Hell or High Water: Review and Analysis of Michael Eric Dyson's Book

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      Book Abstract

      In Come Hell or High Water, Dyson goes beyond asking if George W. Bush cares about black people and wonders if anyone does. By analyzing the role of government policy and American culture in a historical context, Dyson shows the inevitability of an event like Hurricane Katrina and explains what it has shown the world about America.

      The book is written as an analysis of the true meaning of Hurricane Katrina and the conditions that set the stage for the tragedy. While acknowledging the role of bad engineering and inadequate government response, Dyson believes the true cause of the devastation following Katrina lies with our culture, our media, our leaders, our religious beliefs and ourselves. He warns that the future

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