Dust Bowl, USA
Subtitle: Depression America and the ecological imagination, 1929-1941
By: Brad D. Lookingbill.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Dust storms -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century; Dust storms -- Environmental aspects -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century; Dust storms -- Great Plains -- Historiography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Great Plains; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Human ecology -- Great Plains; Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains; Great Plains -- History -- 20th century; Great Plains -- Environmental conditions; Great Plains -- Historiography
Description: "Dust Bowl, USA is a critical examination of the myths and memories that grew out of the hard times in the Great Plains. Across the nation, newspapers, magazines, books, films, and songs produced imagery of blight for local and mass audiences. As modern technology, irrigation projects, and government programs were extended on a wider scale during the "dirty thirties," the saga of the frontier continued to unfold through accounts of dust, drought, and depression.".

"By examining the social construction of legends, lore, allegories, and ideologies. Brad Lookingbill provides a revelatory insight into the history of the cultural narratives that have come to define an era."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-186) and index.