Dust Bowls of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, and the Injustice of Green Capitalism

by Hannah Holleman

A profound reinterpretation of the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern plains and its relevance for today

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300230206
• ISBN13: 9780300230208
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"