Rooted in dust : surviving drought and depression in southwestern Kansas

Author(s)

• Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela

Bibliographic Information

Rooted in dust : surviving drought and depression in southwestern Kansas

Pamela Riney-Kehrberg

（Rural America）

University Press of Kansas, c1994

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780700606443

Description

Examines the social impact of drought and depression in Kansas, illustrating how both farm and town families dealt with the deprivation by finding odd jobs, working in government programmes, or depending on federal and private assistance.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780700608393

Description

A significant contribution to the environmental and social history of the Depression in rural and small town America. Riney-Kehrberg illustrates the exhaustion of those who faced year after year of economic and ecological devastation, and the creativity with which they met these obstacles.

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Details

• NCID: BA30992603
• ISBN:
  • 0700606440
  • 0700608397
• LCCN: 94011032
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lawrence, Kan.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 249 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB3717 1929
  • DC20 : 330.9781/4032
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Depressions -- 1929 -- Kansas
  • LCSH : Droughts -- Kansas -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Kansas -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Kansas -- Social conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18848211