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Australian History Ser.: Slow Catastrophes : Living with Drought in Australia by Rebecca Jones (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMonash University Publishing
ISBN-101925495434
ISBN-139781925495430
eBay Product ID (ePID)240225572
Product Key Features
Number of Pages402 Pages
Publication NameSlow Catastrophes : Living with Drought in Australia
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
SubjectNatural Disasters, Global Warming & Climate Change, Australia & New Zealand, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Political Science, Science, History
AuthorRebecca Jones
SeriesAustralian History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-302791
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal363.349290994
SynopsisLiving with drought is one of the biggest issues of our time. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fifty years, global warming will increase both the frequency and severity of these phenomena. Stories of drought are familiar to us, accompanied by images of dead sheep, dry dams, cracked earth, farmers leaving their lands, and rural economic stagnation. But, as Rebecca Jones reveals in this sensitive account of families living on the Australian land, the story of drought in this driest continent is as much about resilience, adaptation, strength of community, ingenious planning for, and creative responses to persistent absences of rainfall. The histories of eight farming families, stretching from the 1870s to the 1950s, are related, with a focus on the private lives and inner thoughts revealed by personal diaries. Also included are discussions with contemporary farmers and pastoralists. In greatly enriching our understanding of the human dimensions of drought, Slow Catastrophes provides us with vital resources to face our ecological future. *** Listen to the podcast interview with author Rebecca Jones by Jason Schulman, New Books Network, October 6, 2017, newbooksnetwork.com (Series: Australian History) Subject: Environmental Studies, Australian Studies, History], Living with drought is one of the biggestissues of our times. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fiftyyears global warming will increase both the frequency and severity of thesephenomena. Stories of drought are familiar to us, accompanied by images of deadsheep, dry dams, cracked earth, farmers leaving their lands, and rural economicstagnation. Drought is indeed a catastrophe, played out slowly. But as RebeccaJones reveals in this sensitive account of families living on the Australianland, the story of drought in this driest continent is as much aboutresilience, adaptation, strength of community, ingenious planning for, andcreative responses to, persistent absences of rainfall. The histories of eightfarming families, stretching from the 1870s to the 1950s, are related, with afocus on private lives and inner thoughts, revealed by personal diaries. The storyis brought up to the present with the author's discussions with contemporaryfarmers and pastoralists. In greatly enriching our understanding of the humandimensions of drought, Slow Catastrophes provides us with vital resources toface our ecological future. Featured in The Weekly Times here., Living with drought is one of the biggest issues of our time. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fifty years, global warming will increase both the frequency and severity of these phenomena. Stories of drought are familiar to us, accompanied by images of dead sheep, dry dams, cracked earth, farmers leaving their lands, and rural economic stagnation. But, as Rebecca Jones reveals in this sensitive account of families living on the Australian land, the story of drought in this driest continent is as much about resilience, adaptation, strength of community, ingenious planning for, and creative responses to persistent absences of rainfall. The histories of eight farming families, stretching from the 1870s to the 1950s, are related, with a focus on the private lives and inner thoughts revealed by personal diaries. Also included are discussions with contemporary farmers and pastoralists. In greatly enriching our understanding of the human dimensions of drought, Slow Catastrophes provides us with vital resources to face our ecological future. *** Listen to the podcast interview with author Rebecca Jones by Jason Schulman, New Books Network, October 6, 2017, newbooksnetwork.com (Series: Australian History) [Subject: Environmental Studies, Australian Studies, History]
LC Classification NumberQC929.28.A8J66 2017
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