Dust bowls of empire : imperialism, environmental politics, and the injustice of "green" capitalism /

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A profound reinterpretation of both 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holleman, Hannah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Series:Yale agrarian studies.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Agriculture > Social aspects.
Sustainable agriculture.
Dust storms.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement.
Agriculture > Aspect social.
Agriculture durable.
Tempêtes de poussière.
duststorms.
sustainable agriculture (discipline)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects
Agriculture > Social aspects
Dust storms
Sustainable agriculture
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dust to dust: an age beyond extremes
  • The first global environmental problem
  • Imperialism, white settler colonialism, and the ecological rift
  • The white man's burden, soil erosion, and the origins of green capitalism
  • Ecological rifts and shifts: the accumulation of catastrophe
  • "We're not stakeholders": beyond the Langue de Coton of capitalist environmental management
  • No empires, No dust bowls: toward a deeper ecological solidarity.

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