Flood Year 1927 - A Cultural History

Zusatztext "[A] strikingly sophisticated analysis of the multiple cultural forms produced during and after the flood. . . . The narrative is progressive! demonstrating how a conservative story was overtaken by the voices of the marginalized! who revealed the flood's injustices and in doing so democratized its meaning." ---Kevin Boyle! Journal of Southern History 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: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World . Klappentext The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which covered nearly thirty thousand square miles across seven states, was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history. Due to the speed of new media and the slow progress of the flood, this was the first environmental disaster to be experienced on a mass scale. As it moved from north to south down an envir Zusammenfassung The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which covered nearly thirty thousand square miles across seven states, was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history. Due to the speed of new media and the slow progress of the flood, this was the first environmental disaster to be experienced on a mass scale. As it moved from north to south down an envir

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Parrish, Susan Scott Parrish, Parrish Susan Scott
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780691168838
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16883-8
• Pagine: 416
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; 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)