UID:
almahu_9949494655602882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780300240887 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Yale agrarian studies series
Content:
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, this text 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. The work 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.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780300230208
Language:
English
URL:
Yale scholarship online
