The dust bowl and the Depression in American history / Debra McArthur.
Material type: TextSeries: In American historyPublication details: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2002.Description: 128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0766018385 (lib. bdg.) :
- Dust storms -- History
- Droughts -- Great Plains -- History
- Farmers -- Great Plains -- Social conditions
- Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- History
- Agriculture -- Social aspects -- Great Plains -- History
- Great Plains -- History
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1919-1933
- Great Depression, 1929-1939
- 978/.032 21
- F595 .M38 2002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Hardcover | Beverly Middle School | 978 MCA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 701991 |
Includes bibliographical references (p.125-126) and index.
Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Depression and created the Dust Bowl, causing many farming families from the Great Plains to search for jobs and food.