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Dust Bowl : The Southern Plains in The 1930s by Donald Worster
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780195174885
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195174887
ISBN-13
9780195174885
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30788501
Product Key Features
Edition
25
Book Title
Dust Bowl : the Southern Plains in the 1930s
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Weather, United States / 20th Century, Economic History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-054703
Reviews
"An exciting, provocative, and stimulating study.... It has much to say to historians, environmentalists, and public policy makers."--American Historical Review "A gracefully written and fascinating book."--History, "Superb social history.... A gracefully written and fascinatingbook."--History: Reviews of New Books, "Superb social history.... A gracefully written and fascinating book."--History: Reviews of New Books, "Over ten years old, in a field that is rapidly growing and changing and still the best environmental history of 20th century agriculture!"--Mart Stuart, Oregon State University, "An exciting, provocative, and stimulating study.... It has much to say to historians, environmentalists, and public policy makers."--American Historical Review, "An exciting, provocative, and stimulating study.... It has much to say to historians, environmentalists, and public policy makers."--American Historical Review"A gracefully written and fascinating book."--History, "Worster has contributed a major work to the historiography of the United States in the twentieth century."--Journal of American History, "Worster's book is the first to pinpoint the results of the mechanization and defiance of nature, and the sources of such practices. Definitely the best introduction to understanding the cultural sources of modern environmental crises."--A.R. Vasavi, Tufts University, "An important book with a scope broader than its title suggests. It shouldbe read widely."--Western Historical Quarterly, "A stunning entry in the newly emerging field of environmentalhistory...in the vanguard of the rapid redefinition of Western history that ispresently occurring."--Arizona and the West, "An important book with a scope broader than its title suggests. It should be read widely."--Western Historical Quarterly, "This is an excellent book, revealing the fundamental tension that haslong existed between economic expansion and the health of the environment.Worster brilliantly draws lessons from his period and region of study and showstheir application to other parts of the world today."--Scott Hamilton Dewey,California State University, Los Angeles, "Worster's book is the first to pinpoint the results of the mechanizationand defiance of nature, and the sources of such practices. Definitely the bestintroduction to understanding the cultural sources of modern environmentalcrises."--A.R. Vasavi, Tufts University, "A stunning entry in the newly emerging field of environmental history...in the vanguard of the rapid redefinition of Western history that is presently occurring."--Arizona and the West, "This is an excellent book, revealing the fundamental tension that has long existed between economic expansion and the health of the environment. Worster brilliantly draws lessons from his period and region of study and shows their application to other parts of the world today."--ScottHamilton Dewey, California State University, Los Angeles, "An exciting, provocative, and stimulating study.... It has much to say to historians, environmentalists, and public policy makers."--American Historical Review"A gracefully written and fascinating book."--History"Worster has contributed a major work to the historiography of the United States in the twentieth century."--Journal of American History"A stunning entry in the newly emerging field of environmental history...in the vanguard of the rapid redefinition of Western history that is presently occurring."--Arizona and the West"An important book with a scope broader than its title suggests. It should be read widely."--Western Historical Quarterly"An exciting, provocative, and stimulating study.... It has much to say to historians, environmentalists, and public policy makers."--American Historical Review"Superb social history.... A gracefully written and fascinating book."--History: Reviews of New Books"Well-written...students respond to it well."--Gilbert W. Gillespie, Cornell University"This is an excellent book, revealing the fundamental tension that has long existed between economic expansion and the health of the environment. Worster brilliantly draws lessons from his period and region of study and shows their application to other parts of the world today."--Scott Hamilton Dewey, California State University, Los Angeles"Over ten years old, in a field that is rapidly growing and changing and still the best environmental history of 20th century agriculture!"--Mart Stuart, Oregon State University"Worster's book is the first to pinpoint the results of the mechanization and defiance of nature, and the sources of such practices. Definitely the best introduction to understanding the cultural sources of modern environmental crises."--A.R. Vasavi, Tufts University
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
978/.032
Table Of Content
IntroductionPart One A Darkling Plain1.. The Black Blizzards Roll In2.. If It Rains3.. Okies and ExodustersPart Two Prelude to Dust4.. What Holds the Earth Together5.. SodbustingPart Three Cimarron County, Oklahoma6.. Frontier in Ruins7.. When the Cattle Ate Tumbleweeds8.. Hard Times in the PanhandlePart Four Haskell County, Kansas9.. Unsettled Ground10.. The Wheat Farmer and the Welfare State11.. A Sense of PlacePart Five A New Deal for the Land12.. Facing up to Limits13.. Learning from Nature14.. Make Two Blades of Grass GrowEpilogue: On a Thin EdgeAfterword
Synopsis
In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms., In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent thoughts on the subject of the land and how humans interact with it. In a new afterword, he links the Dust Bowl to current political, economic and ecological issues--including the American livestock industry's exploitation of the Great Plains, and the on-going problem of desertification, which has now become a global phenomenon. He reflects on the state of the plains today and the threat of a new dustbowl. He outlines some solutions that have been proposed, such as "the Buffalo Commons," where deer, antelope, bison and elk would once more roam freely, and suggests that we may yet witness a Great Plains where native flora and fauna flourish while applied ecologists show farmers how to raise food on land modeled after the natural prairies that once existed., Twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster links the Dust Bowl to current political, economic, and ecological issues. 66 halftones & maps.
LC Classification Number
F786.W87 2004
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