{"product_id":"children-of-katrina-paperback","title":"Children of Katrina - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Fothergill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award, Association for Humanist Sociology, 2016\u003cbr\u003e Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award of the Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association, 2016\u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention, Leo Goodman Award, Methodology Section, American Sociological Association, 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen children experience upheaval and trauma, adults often view them as either vulnerable and helpless or as resilient and able to easily \"bounce back.\" But the reality is far more complex for the children and youth whose lives are suddenly upended by disaster. How are children actually affected by catastrophic events and how do they cope with the damage and disruption?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren of Katrina\u003c\/i\u003e offers one of the only long-term, multiyear studies of young people following disaster. Sociologists Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek spent seven years after Hurricane Katrina interviewing and observing several hundred children and their family members, friends, neighbors, teachers, and other caregivers. In this book, they focus intimately on seven children between the ages of three and eighteen, selected because they exemplify the varied experiences of the larger group. They find that children followed three different post-disaster trajectories-declining, finding equilibrium, and fluctuating-as they tried to regain stability. The children's moving stories illuminate how a devastating disaster affects individual health and well-being, family situations, housing and neighborhood contexts, schooling, peer relationships, and extracurricular activities. This work also demonstrates how outcomes were often worse for children who were vulnerable and living in crisis before the storm. Fothergill and Peek clarify what kinds of assistance children need during emergency response and recovery periods, as well as the individual, familial, social, and structural factors that aid or hinder children in getting that support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Fothergill is a professor of sociology at the University of Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLori Peek is a professor of sociology and director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 343\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.08 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717338927167,"sku":"9781477305461","price":64.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5a6dc0a0f5b437450b063a96c01b6525.webp?v=1765078145","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/children-of-katrina-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}