Andy Horowitz

Author of Katrina: A History, 1915–2015

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Andy Horowitz is Associate Professor of History at Tulane University. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Southern History, The Atlantic, Washington Post, and New York Times.

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Katrina: A History, 1915–2015 (2020) 80 copies, 1 review

Critical Disaster Studies (Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster) (2021) — Editor — 8 copies

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Canonical name: Horowitz, Andy
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Short biography: Andy Horowitz is Associate Professor of History at Tulane University. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Southern History, Southern Cultures, Historical Reflections, The Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.

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Katrina : a history, 1915-2015 by Andy Horowitz

The premise here is that the disaster didn’t start in 2005. Most of the book is pre-hurricane explanations of why the city was so vulnerable. Greed and racism play their roles.

Aug 13, 2025