Dust Bowl
Depression America to World War Two Australia
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 stories of conservation-min…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-137-58907-1
- EAN: 9781137589071
- Produktnummer: 21105199
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 353 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 6'771 KB
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
- Abbildungen: 18 schwarz-weiße und 20 farbige Abbildungen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
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 History.
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