R. Hurt

Documents of the Dust Bowl

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a unique, thorough, and indispensable resource for anyone investigating the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl. During the 1930s, drought and the cultivation of submarginal lands created a severe wind-erosion problem in the southern Great Plains, a region that became known as the Dust Bowl. During the worst dust storms, the blowing soil often turned day into night. Some people died when caught outside during a black blizzard, others developed "dust pneumonia," and some residents moved to California. Most people, however, remained. Those who stayed and endured the storms had an abiding faith that federal resources and the return of normal rainfall would end the dust storms and return life to normal, free from the desperation and fear caused by the blowing soil. Documents of the Dust Bowl offers a fascinating documentary history of one of the worst ecological disasters in American history. It will enable high school students and academics alike to study the manner in which Dust Bowl residents confronted and endured the dust storms in the southern Great Plains during the 1930s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 729g
• ISBN-13: 9781440854972
• ISBN-10: 1440854971
• Artikelnr.: 54679218

Autorenporträt

R. Douglas Hurt

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents Historical Introduction Chronology Chapter 1 The Storms Introduction 1. An Unusual Texas Duststorm
March 24-25
1933 2. Report of the Wind Erosion Survey in the Region of the Oklahoma Panhandle and Adjacent Territory
1933 3. Dust Storms
November 1933 to May 1934 4. Dust Storms
1935 5. Duststorms in the Southwestern Plains Area
1935 6. Duststorms of February and March 1936 in the United States 7. Duststorms of January-April 1937 in the United States 8. Duststorms of May-December 1937 in the United States Chapter 2 Causes Introduction 9. Memorandum about Wheat Planting
Drought
and Dust Storms
1933 10. Wind Erosion Endangering Colorado Vegetation
1934 11. Drought Survival of Native Grass Species in the Central and Southern Plains
1935 12. Multiple Causes of the Dust Bowl
1935 13. Dust Storm Causes in the Southwestern Plains
1936 14. Weather and Drought Conditions and a Call for Government Assistance to Fight Wind Erosion
1936 15. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County
Texas)
July 1936 16. Emergency Wind-Erosion Control
1937 17. Crops Against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains
1939 18. Land Facts on the Southern Plains
1939 19. Climate and Settlement in the Great Plains
1942 Chapter 3 Life in the Dust Bowl Introduction 20. Telegram to Congressman Marvin Jones Requesting Federal Assistance for the Livestock and People in Guymon and Texas County
Oklahoma
and Surrounding Area
1933 21. Memorandum from the Southern Great Plains Field Station
Woodward
Oklahoma
Reporting Desperate Farmers Planting Wheat and Contributing to Dust Storms
1933 22. Black Blizzard
1935 23. Conditions in Western Kansas
Typical of the Dust Bowl
March 1935 24. Soil-Erosion Program
Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Public Lands
March 1935 25. Kansas State Board of Health Report about the Effect of Dust Storms on Health
1935 26. Dust Storms through the Years
1935 27. Humor in the Dust Bowl
1935 28. Farming Hazards in the Drought Area of Dallam and Hale Counties
Texas
and Curry County
New Mexico
1935 29. Relief and Rehabilitation Problems in the Winter Wheat and Cotton Areas of the Southern Great Plains
1935 30. Drought Refugee and Labor Migration to California
1935 31. Soil Conservation Reconnaissance Survey of the Southern Great Plains and Wind-Erosion Area
1936 32. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County Texas)
July 1936 33. Refugee Migration to California
1937 34. The Economic Plight of Farm Families in the Dust Bowl
1938 35. Economic Distress in the Dust Bowl
1938 36. Migrants and Resettlement in the Pacific Coast States
1938 37. Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas Reflects on the Dust Bowl
1978 Chapter 4 Conservation and Restoration Introduction 38. Report of Wind Erosion Survey in the Region of the Oklahoma Panhandle and Adjacent Territory
1933 39. Memorandum to the Secretary of Agriculture Regarding a Plan for Control of Wind Erosion in the Region of Southwestern Kansas
Western Oklahoma
and Northwestern Texas in Connection with Agricultural Relief
August 22
1933 40. Wind Erosion in the Great Plains
1935 41. Utilization of Crop Residues to Reduce Wind Erosion
1935 42. Natural and Economic Factors Which Affect Rural Rehabilitation of the North Plains of Texas (as typified by Dallam County
Texas)
July 1936 43. Soil Drifting Laws in Kansas and Texas and Three Proposals for Remedial Legislation
1936 44. The Future of the Great Plains: Report of the Great Plains Committee
1936 45. Wind-Blown Dust and Soil Erosion
Kansas Senate Bill No. 507
1937 46. AAA Announces Emergency Wind Erosion Control Program for "Dust Bowl" Area
1937 47. A Soil Conservation Program for Kansas
1938 48. A Long View of the Wind-Erosion Problem
1938 49. Farming Hazards in the Drought Area of Colorado
Texas
and New Mexico
1938 50. Grass Culture and Range Improvement in the Central and Southern Great Plains
1939 51. Sand-Dune Reclamation in the Southern Great Plains
1939 52. Crops against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains Lessons Learned
1939 53. Our Soil Can Be Saved
1940 Chapter 5 Land Utilization Projects Introduction 54. New Mexico Submarginal Land Purchase Project Proposal A-4
January 10
1935 55. Southern Otero County Land Use Adjustment Project Offer Letter
February 1935 56. Proposed Regulations for the Administration of the Grazing Lands under Control of the Mills Land Project LA-NM 5
Spring 1935 57. Controversy over the Mills County Land Utilization Project
October 1935 58. News Release about the Southeastern Colorado Land Utilization Project
ca. 1936 59. Land Acquisition Plan Morton County Land Utilization and Land Conservation Project
April 1938 60. Opposition to the Morton County
Kansas
Land Utilization Project
January 6
1939 61. Support for the Morton County Land Utilization Program
January 13
1939 62. Restraint Urged for Continuing the Morton County
Kansas
Land Utilization Program
February 6
1939 Chapter 6 The Prairie States Forestry Project Introduction 63. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service
1934 64. Possibilities of Shelterbelt Planting in the Plains Region
1935 65. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service
1935 66. The Plains Shelterbelt Project in Kansas
1935 67. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service
1936 68. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service
1937 69. Forestry for the Great Plains
September 15
1937 70. Progress Report of the Work of the Forest Service in Kansas
July 1
1937
to June 30
1938 71. Progress Report of the Work of the Forest Service in Kansas
July 1
1938
to December 31
1938 72. Report of the Chief of the Forest Service
1939 73. Summary Report of the Prairie States Forestry Project
December 15
1939 Selected Bibliography Index