LEADER 04730nam 2200685 450 001 9910460069903321 005 20211201002008.0 010 $a1-4863-0121-5 010 $a9781486301218$b(e-book) 010 $z9781486301201 010 $z1486301223 010 $a9781486301201$bpbk. 035 $a(CKB)3710000000268262 035 $a(EBL)1824719 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001409858 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11752838 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001409858 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11360596 035 $a(PQKB)10358234 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1824719 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1824719 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10962254 035 $a(OCoLC)880563762 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000268262 100 $a20141107h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEndurance $eAustralian stories of drought /$fDeb Anderson 210 1$aCollingwood, Victoria :$cCsiro Publishing,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a1-4863-0120-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Map showing interview sites; CLIMATE, CULTURE AND CONTEXT; One: Drought as a cultural concept; Endurance: a test of character; Mediating rurality: a defining story of national identity; What of the experience of drought?; Two: Redefining drought; Rural drought: the overarching context; Myths of nature; Climate cycles and the legacy of weather lore; Australian drought science: early developments; Deciles and the statistical regulation of drought; El Nin?o and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy 327 $aDrought as a natural disasterDrought as a production risk; Drought policy as a tool of rural adjustment; Exceptional Circumstances; Positioning subjects: discourse of risk and self-reliance; The political economy of drought; Three: Making histories in the Mallee; A history of Mallee exceptionalism; Exodus, 'excess' and economic strife; Of memory and oral history in the Mallee; Drought 'makes who we are'; Dwelling in uncertainty; Listening for change; 'We'll all be rooned': how narrative sets up its own ending; Definitional struggles; ORAL HISTORIES OF DROUGHT 327 $aFour: Survival, making sense of crisis and 'making do'Andrea Hogan: 'drought' as a loss of people who want theirstory heard; Robert and Yvonne McClelland with Bev Cook: on crisis andhistorical continuity; Greg and Dot Brown: 'we become Mallee farmers through the weather'; Pam Elliott: remembering 'the way things were'; Concluding remarks; Five: Reconciling uncertainty, cycles and change; Brent and Melissa Morrish: 'what the Powers That Be don't see'; Lynne Healy and Gwen Cooke: innovative ways to reach peoplein need; Maree, Des and Andrew Ryan: cycles of climate, grim humourand hope 327 $aRobert, Merle and Michael Pole: between bare ground and thebank accountConcluding remarks; Six: Adaptation in response to climatic risk; Ivan Mock: drought and the language of risk; Jim Maynard: 'we can't let climate change become a negative'; Ben and Noreen Jones: signs of economy and evolution; Hubie Sheldon: awaiting a 'new generation of pioneers'; Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Works cited; Index 330 $aEndurance presents stories of ordinary Australians grappling with extraordinary circumstances, providing insight into their lives, their experiences with drought and their perceptions of climate change.The book opens with the physical impacts, science, politics and economics of drought and climate change in rural Australia. It then highlights the cultural and historical dimensions - taking us to the Mallee wheat-belt, where researcher Deb Anderson interviewed farm families from 2004 to 2007, as climate change awareness grew. Each story is grouped into one of three themes: Survival, Uncertainty 606 $aDroughts$xSocial aspects$zAustralia 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects$zAustralia 606 $aRural population$zVictoria$zMallee$xSocial conditions 606 $aRural conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDroughts$xSocial aspects 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 615 0$aRural population$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aRural conditions. 676 $a362.1096773 700 $aAnderson$b Deb$0880146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460069903321 996 $aEndurance$91965243 997 $aUNINA