Flood Year 1927 - A Cultural History

Zusatztext "Honorable Mention for the 2017 James Russell Lowell Prize! Modern Language Association" Informationen zum Autor Susan Scott Parrish is professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. She is the author of American Curiosity . Klappentext A richly nuanced cultural history of the Great Mississippi floodThe Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, drowning crops and displacing more than half a million people across seven states. It was also the first environmental disaster to be experienced virtually on a mass scale. The Flood Year 1927 Zusammenfassung A richly nuanced cultural history of the Great Mississippi floodThe Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, drowning crops and displacing more than half a million people across seven states. It was also the first environmental disaster to be experienced virtually on a mass scale. The Flood Year 1927

Product details

• Authors: Susan Parrish, Susan Scott Parrish, Parrish Susan Scott
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780691182940
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18294-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mississippi, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, NATURE / Natural Disasters, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Social impact of disasters, History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Natural disasters, US Midwest, North Central & Mid-West States, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)