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Dust Bowls of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, and the Injustice of Green Capitalism
History > Modern - 20th Century
- Yale University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780300230208
- 8.3 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches
- 0.9 pounds
- History > Modern - 20th Century
- (Single Author) Asian American
- English
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Book Description
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, Hannah Holleman 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. Holleman 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.
Author Bio
Hannah Holleman is a Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at Amherst College and here research and teaching activities cover social theory, environmental sociology, environmental studies, political economy, and social movements.
Source: Amherst College
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