Dust Bowl: Depression America to World War Two Australia: 2016 (Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History)

This book takes the Dust Bowl story beyond Depression America to describe the ‘dust bowl’ concept as a transnational phenomenon, where during World War Two, US and Australian national mythologies converged. __Dust Bowl__ begins with Depression America, the New Deal and the US Dust Bowl where massive dust storms darkened the skies of the Great Plains and triggered a major national and international media event and generated imagery describing a failed yeoman dream, Dust Bowl refugees, and the coming of a new American Desert. __Dust Bowl__ traces the evolution of this imagery to Australia, World War Two and New Deal-inspired stories of conservation-mindedness, soil erosion and enemies, sheep-farmers and traitors, creeping deserts and human extinction, super-human housewives and natural disaster and finally, grand visions of a nation-building post-war scheme for Australia’s iconic Snowy River‒that vision became the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme. This Book Takes The Dust Bowl Story Beyond Depression America To Describe The 'dust Bowl' Concept As A Transnational Phenomenon, Where During World War Two, Us And Australian National Mythologies Converged. Dust Bowl Begins With Depression America, The New Deal And The Us Dust Bowl Where Massive Dust Storms Darkened The Skies Of The Great Plains And Triggered A Major National And International Media Event And Generated Imagery Describing A Failed Yeoman Dream, Dust Bowl Refugees, And The Coming Of A New American Desert. Dust Bowl Traces The Evolution Of This Imagery To Australia, World War Two And New Deal-inspired Stories Of Conservation-mindedness, Soil Erosion And Enemies, Sheep-farmers And Traitors, Creeping Deserts And Human Extinction, Super-human Housewives And Natural Disaster And Finally, Grand Visions Of A Nation-building Post-war Scheme For Australia's Iconic Snowy River-that Vision Became The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme. Janette-susan Bailey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book takes the Dust Bowl story beyond Depression America to describe the 'dust bowl' concept as a transnational phenomenon, where during World War Two, US and Australian national mythologies converged. Dust Bowl begins with Depression America, the New Deal and the US Dust Bowl where massive dust storms darkened the skies of the Great Plains and triggered a major national and international media event and generated imagery describing a failed yeoman dream, Dust Bowl refugees, and the coming of a new American Desert. Dust Bowl traces the evolution of this imagery to Australia, World War Two and New Deal-inspired stories of conservation-mindedness, soil erosion and enemies, sheep-farmers and traitors, creeping deserts and human extinction, super-human housewives and natural disaster and finally, grand visions of a nation-building post-war scheme for Australia's iconic Snowy River-that vision became the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme. -- Source other than Library of Congress Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Introduction: The World Is a Dust Bowl....Pages 1-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Ideas: American Exceptionalism, Social Realism, Women, Deserts, Documentary, Soil, and Civilization....Pages 27-58 Three Dust Bowl Narratives: Farmer Attitudes, Human Erosion, Women, and Natural Disaster....Pages 59-101 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Battlefields of the South-West Pacific: Australian Soil Erosion, Enemies, Graziers, and Traitors in “Dust Bowl” Imagery....Pages 105-154 The Australian Constitution and State Politics: Creeping Deserts and Human Extinction in “Dust Bowl” Warnings of Impending Doom....Pages 155-201 Dust Storms and “the Despair of the Housewife”: War-Time Wind Erosion as “Natural Disaster”....Pages 203-234 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 “Battle of the Rivers,” Battle of the Stories: Dust Bowls, Dams, TVAs, and a Snowy Mountains Scheme....Pages 237-283 Conclusion: “Just a ‘Bloody Duststorm’?”....Pages 285-289 Back Matter....Pages 291-353