Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
by Abraham Cahan
|
by Donald Worster
|
by Diana Hacker
|
by Lawrence Svobida
|
by Frank L. Stallings
|
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Lookingbill (history, Columbia Coll.) presents a synthesis of firsthand accounts of the Dust Bowl crisis in the 1930s from books, newspapers, photographs, films, and popular songs. Beginning with "conquest" of the land, the six chapters track the progression of the affective interface between humans and the Great Plains environment in light of the dust storms and related social and economic crises during the Great Depression. As a cultural narrative, this work is more literary than James Malin's The Grassland of North America (privately published, 1947) and more encompassing geographically than Donald Worster's Dust Bowl (1979). Exploring old and new explanations of the disaster, Dust Bowl, USA is an engaging and moving metanarrative of the region. It also contains an excellent bibliography. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Daniel Liestman, Kansas State Univ. Libs, Manhattan
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
An in-depth look at the historical truth behind the popular myths Whether romantic or tragic, accounts of the dramatic events surrounding the North American Dust Bowl of the "dirty thirties" unearthed deep anxieities buried in America's ecological imagination. Moreover, the anxieties about a landscape of fear remain embedded in the national consciousness today. In vivid form, the aesthetic of suffering captured in Dorothea Lange's photographs and Wood Guthrie's folk songs made the myths and memories of the Depression generation. Dust Bowl, USA is a critical examination of the stories that grew out of the Dust Bowl experience Across the nation, newspapers, magazines, books, film, and aong, produced imagery of blight for local and mass audiences. As new technology, irrigation innovations, and conservation programs were introduced on a wide scale during the 1930s, the saga of the frontier continued to unfold through accounts of dust, drought, and desertification. In piercing the myths brought forth in legends, lore, allegories, and antecdotes, Brad Lookingbill provides a revelatory insight into the history of the cultural narratives that have come to define an era.
See all Editorial Reviews
Lookingbill (history, Columbia Coll.) presents a synthesis of firsthand accounts of the Dust Bowl crisis in the 1930s from books, newspapers, photographs, films, and popular songs. Beginning with "conquest" of the land, the six chapters track the progression of the affective interface between humans and the Great Plains environment in light of the dust storms and related social and economic crises during the Great Depression. As a cultural narrative, this work is more literary than James Malin's The Grassland of North America (privately published, 1947) and more encompassing geographically than Donald Worster's Dust Bowl (1979). Exploring old and new explanations of the disaster, Dust Bowl, USA is an engaging and moving metanarrative of the region. It also contains an excellent bibliography. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Daniel Liestman, Kansas State Univ. Libs, Manhattan
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
An in-depth look at the historical truth behind the popular myths Whether romantic or tragic, accounts of the dramatic events surrounding the North American Dust Bowl of the "dirty thirties" unearthed deep anxieities buried in America's ecological imagination. Moreover, the anxieties about a landscape of fear remain embedded in the national consciousness today. In vivid form, the aesthetic of suffering captured in Dorothea Lange's photographs and Wood Guthrie's folk songs made the myths and memories of the Depression generation. Dust Bowl, USA is a critical examination of the stories that grew out of the Dust Bowl experience Across the nation, newspapers, magazines, books, film, and aong, produced imagery of blight for local and mass audiences. As new technology, irrigation innovations, and conservation programs were introduced on a wide scale during the 1930s, the saga of the frontier continued to unfold through accounts of dust, drought, and desertification. In piercing the myths brought forth in legends, lore, allegories, and antecdotes, Brad Lookingbill provides a revelatory insight into the history of the cultural narratives that have come to define an era.
See all Editorial Reviews
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet. Create your own review
| |||
Video reviews
|
 |
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Information from the Amapedia Community
Beta (What's this?)Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.com.
› See featured Amapedia.com articles
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Business & Investing > Popular Economics
- Books > History > Americas > United States > 20th Century
- Books > History > Historical Study > Historiography
- Books > History > Historical Study > Social History
- Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Criticism & Theory
- Books > Nonfiction > Current Events > Disaster Relief
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology > Culture
- Books > Outdoors & Nature > Conservation > Environmentalism
- Books > Outdoors & Nature > Ecology
- Books > Science > Earth Sciences > Atmospheric Sciences
- Books > Science > Earth Sciences > Meteorology
- Books > Science > Earth Sciences > Natural Disasters
Cut Wood Down to Size Split wood with ease using a log splitter from the Outdoor Power & Lawn Equipment Store. |
Buy Three Books, Get a Fourth Free |
Be Prepared for Every Emergency |
||||||||
|
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
