Dust Bowls of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, and the Injustice of Green Capitalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300230208)

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 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: Hannah Holleman
ISBN-10: 0300230206
ISBN-13: 9780300230208
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2018
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2019