Black Beaches and Bayous: The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster

Book Overview

This book discusses one of the major U.S. disaster events within the past ten years. Scholars from various backgrounds address topics including the social and psychological impacts on Gulf Coast residents, the transformation of natural ecological systems, and media portrayals of the Obama administration and its response to this disaster.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761859780
• ISBN13: 9780761859789
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher