Dust Bowl

The Southern Plains in the 1930s

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
Cover of the book Dust Bowl by Donald Worster, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Donald Worster ISBN: 9780199758692
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: September 9, 2004
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Donald Worster
ISBN: 9780199758692
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: September 9, 2004
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Rastafari by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Why Europe Intervenes in Africa by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Aging Thoughtfully by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Juicio de amparo by Donald Worster
Cover of the book A Feminist in the White House by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Family Talk by Donald Worster
Cover of the book God and Time by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Shifting Sands by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Why Do You Ask? by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Complicit Sisters by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Adopting America by Donald Worster
Cover of the book The Fate of Liberty by Donald Worster
Cover of the book The Democratic Constitution, 2nd Edition by Donald Worster
Cover of the book Walking the Tightrope of Reason by Donald Worster
Cover of the book The Cute and the Cool by Donald Worster
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy