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1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Yale agrarian studies series
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Yale agrarian studies.
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| Summary |
A profound reinterpretation of both the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern plains and its relevance for today The 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dust to dust: an age beyond extremes -- The first global environmental problem -- Imperialism, white settler colonialism, and the ecological rift -- The white man's burden, soil erosion, and the origins of green capitalism -- Ecological rifts and shifts: the accumulation of catastrophe -- "We're not stakeholders": beyond the Langue de Coton of capitalist environmental management -- No empires, No dust bowls: toward a deeper ecological solidarity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects.
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Agriculture -- Environmental aspects. |
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Agriculture -- Social aspects.
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Agriculture -- Social aspects. |
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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Dust storms.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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Dust storms. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Holleman, Hannah. Dust bowls of empire. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 9780300230208 (DLC) 2018938166 (OCoLC)1065864696 |
| ISBN |
9780300240887 (electronic book) |
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0300240880 (electronic book) |
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9780300230208 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0300230206 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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