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Brunsma, D. L., Overfelt, D., & Picou, J. S. (2010). The sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a modern catastrophe. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Introduction

The book captures the history and story of Katrina. The Hurricane was considered as the most damaging disasters of recent time because of the magnitude of displacement and the level of destruction. The book “The Sociology of Katrina Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe” is a collection of the views of the social scientists expounding on various perspectives of Katrina.

Summary

The book recognizes the Hurricane as a horrifying and destabilizing act of nature that created an enlightenment function that broke all ...

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Dorothy Johnson was among the first “grand theorists” with the views of a conceptual model (Callista Roy, 2013). Her model was the first to consider both the understanding as well as action in healthcare. Actually, the Johnson Behavioral System Model (JBSM) was developed from the philosophical ideas, theories, and researches, as well as thoughts of many years. The model is comprised of a behavioral system (person) that is present within an environment consisting of physical, interpersonal, and sociocultural components. These environmental components are necessary for better functioning of the behavioral system ( ...

Gaines M. Foster, ‘Ghosts of the Confederacy,’ Oxford University Press, 1987

On May 6, 1895, a 70-foot-high monument memorializing Confederate dead was dedicated before an enthusiastic crowd featuring local dignitaries and leaders of Confederate organizations. The statue was part of a wave of commemorations honoring martyrs to the Lost Cause, ceremonies that were commonplace throughout the South for nearly a half-century after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. This ceremony, however, took place in Louisville, Kentucky, the largest city in a state that never seceded from the union and which housed thousands of federal troops throughout the war. It is a measure of the power of the Lost Cause that 30 years after the war ended ...