Living with Drought in Australia
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/08/2017
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]
- ISBN:
- 9781925495430
- 9781925495430
- Category:
- Australasian & Pacific history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-08-2017
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Monash University Publishing
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241.3x165.1x30.48mm
- Weight:
- 0.5kg
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Food & society
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Drought & water supply
Australasian & Pacific history
Natural disasters
History
Social & cultural history
Social impact of disasters
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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