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Dust Bowl: Depression America to World War Two Australia
Janette-Susan Bailey
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Description for Dust Bowl: Depression America to World War Two Australia
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 353 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBJM; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
This book takes the Dust Bowl story beyond Depression America to describe the `dust bowl' concept as a transnational phenomenon, where during World War Two, US and Australian national mythologies converged. Dust Bowl begins with Depression America, the New Deal and the US Dust Bowl where massive dust storms darkened the skies of the Great Plains and triggered a major national and international media event and generated imagery describing a failed yeoman dream, Dust Bowl refugees, and the coming of a new American Desert. Dust Bowl traces the evolution of this imagery to Australia, World War Two and New Deal-inspired ... Read more
This book takes the Dust Bowl story beyond Depression America to describe the `dust bowl' concept as a transnational phenomenon, where during World War Two, US and Australian national mythologies converged. Dust Bowl begins with Depression America, the New Deal and the US Dust Bowl where massive dust storms darkened the skies of the Great Plains and triggered a major national and international media event and generated imagery describing a failed yeoman dream, Dust Bowl refugees, and the coming of a new American Desert. Dust Bowl traces the evolution of this imagery to Australia, World War Two and New Deal-inspired ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
Number of Pages
353
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137580498
SKU
V9781137580498
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Ref
99-15
About Janette-Susan Bailey
Janette-Susan Bailey holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales, Australia and has a combined Honors degree in Film, Theatre and Performance Studies / Environmental Studies. She has a background in environmental performance writing and has been nationally and internationally recognized for her cross disciplinary approaches to historical research. She has published in international journals including Environment and ... Read more
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