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Ken Burns's The dust bowl. Episode 2, Reaping the whirlwind / produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century.
- Droughts.
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
- Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century.
- Dust storms.
- United States--History--1919-1933.
- United States.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (115 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts - and a break in the drought in 1939 - eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 22, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 910680444
- Publisher Number:
- ASP2800474/marc
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