The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History
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The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History
By (Author) Susan Scott Parrish
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th February 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Natural disasters
Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
977.032
Physical Properties
Paperback
416
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
A richly nuanced cultural history of the Great Mississippi flood The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, drowning crops and displacing more than half a million people across seven states. It was also the first environmental disaster to be experienced virtually on a mass scale. The Flood Year 1927
Reviews
"Honorable Mention for the ASLE Ecocritical Book Award, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment"
"Honorable Mention for the 2017 James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association"
Author Bio
Susan Scott Parrish is professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. She is the author of American Curiosity.
