Catch Dust Bowls Of Empire: Imperialism, Environmental Politics, And The Injustice Of Green Capitalism Created By Hannah Holleman Offered In Script

goal: "One of the most urgent questions is: What social, economic, and political forces continue to prevent society from applying its culturalhistorical, scientific, and ethical knowledge effectively enough to address ecological crises on the scale and at the pace necessary to prevent widespread humanitarian and ecological disasters" p.
. And she delivers: This book was informative, clear, concise, and direct, It was a pleasure to read,

She makes a strong case for a socioecological revolution to address our emerging and converging environmental crises.
She also provides a salient critique of modern western environmentalism,

"It is my contention that this socioecological contradiction is the inevitable outcome of an expansionary society where the people in power promote, enshrine in law, and treat as sacrosanct certain ideological assumptions in order to justify their practices, social position, and the economic order over which they preside, including: white ethnoracial supremacy the right of individuals to claim parcels of the earth as private property and to do what they want with them and, above all else, the right to make a profit.
These are central ideological tenets of the dominant capitalist societies that serve to naturalize the subordination of social and ecological priorities to those of capital accumulation by

those at the top.
They undergird the culture of conquest, help to legitimize land degradation, and facilitate the denial of responsibility for ecological and social harms by those making decisions.
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Imagine a book about the dustbowl written by a grad student who volunteered on the Elizabeth Warren campaign.
Heavy on the ten dollar words apparently the main reason for the dustbowl was "colonialism", which, . . yea probably! But what does that mean And how does that help us prevent similar disasters moving forward, light on the evidence.
Lighter on the solutions. Really tried to love the book, but probably I'm just not really into sociology or political ecology at least the author's combination of soc amp pe failed to stop me from asking deeper question about science and technology.
That is, how exactly are soil science and agriculture adopted in the settler colonies, the uneven terrain of global empire, and how do they interact with local society and how people push back This book offers more literature reviews than new arguments, and relies too much on quotes from famous academics Said or Dubois or other sociologists instead of giving voice to people excluded by the empire.
This is nonetheless a much needed gesture toward a larger project of reconsidering the contemporary green capitalism, Look forward to read more from the author, When we study the history of the Dust Bowl, we treat it as a tragic event, and not with the rigor of causality that this book proves it deserves! This book makes me worried that another agriculturallyproduced disaster is looming.
Historical sociology and political ecology doesn't get any more perfect than this, Cannot recommend this book enough, Holleman makes a very compelling argument, showcasing how leading up to the Dust Bowl, much like today, there was a broad scientific consensus that there was an imminent environmental disaster.
And just like today, they said "surely the market will take care of us," and it did not.
best nonfiction book i've ever read x this book was an assigned reading for my environmental sociology class.
an amazing and informative read! not only did i learn about the dust bowls, but holleman does a brilliant job at linking imperialism, environmental politics, amp "green capitalism" to how white colonialism amp capitalism has amp continues to hurt communities.
a must read. don't let the number of pages scare you, about/of it are notes at the end, i truly enjoyed reading this and honestly, it's a quick read, PubA profound reinterpretation of the Dust Bowl on the U, S. southern plains and its relevance for today

Thes witnessed a harrowing social and ecological disaster, defined by the severe nexus of drought, erosion, and economic depression that ravaged the U.
S. southern plains. Known as the Dust Bowl, this crisis has become a major referent of the climate change era, and has long served as a warning of the dire consequences of unchecked environmental despoliation.

 
Through innovative research and a fresh theoretical lens, Hannah Holleman reexamines the global socioecological and economic forces of settler colonialism and imperialism precipitating this disaster, explaining critical antecedents to the acceleration of ecological degradation in our time.
Holleman draws lessons from this period that point a way forward for environmental politics as we confront the growing global crises of climate change, freshwater scarcity, extreme energy, and soil degradation.
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