Dust Bowl: Depression America to World War Two Australia

by Janette-Susan Bailey

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137580496
• ISBN13: 9781137580498
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.7"