Slow catastrophes : living with drought in Australia / Rebecca Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Rebecca, author.

Series:

Australian History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drought management--Australia.

Drought management.

Droughts--Australia.

Droughts.

Climatic changes--Australia.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Australia.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

Living with drought is one of the biggestissues of our times.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Copyright and Imprint Information

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section 1: Drought Stories

The Hunters and the Brewers

Margaret McCann

William Pearse

Charles Coote

Charlie Grossman

The Falkiners

Lindsay and Margaret Bettison

Images

Section 2: Living with Drought

Chapter 1: Understanding the Conundrum of Drought

Chapter 2: Wild Harvesting and Self-sufficiency

Chapter 3: Moving

Chapter 4: The Feeling of Drought

Conclusion: Resilience to Drought?

Select Bibliography of Sources Cited

Unpublished diaries, memoirs and personal papers

Interviews conducted by the author

Other oral history interviews

Government reports

Land and Probate Files

Newspapers

Films

Published books, articles

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-925495-45-0

1-925495-53-1

OCLC:

1002697226