Dust Bowls of Empire

A profound reinterpretation of the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern plains and its relevance for todayThe 1930s witnessed a harrowing social and ecological disaster, defined by the severe nexus of drought, erosion, and economic depression that ravaged the U.S. southern plains. Known as the Dust Bowl, this crisis has become a major referent of the climate change era, and has long served as a warning of the dire consequences of unchecked environmental despoliation.Through innovative research and a fresh theoretical lens, Hannah Holleman reexamines the global socioecological and economic forces of settler colonialism and imperialism precipitating this disaster, explaining critical antecedents to the acceleration of ecological degradation in our time. Holleman draws lessons from this period that point a way forward for environmental politics as we confront the growing global crises of climate change, freshwater scarcity, extreme energy, and soil degradation.

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Holleman, Holleman Hannah
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780300230208
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23020-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 215 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Local History, General and world history, History of the Americas, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states