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Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson
| Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson Deb |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1096773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - Social aspects - Australia
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Australia Rural population - Victoria - Mallee - Social conditions Rural conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0121-5
9781486301218 9781486301201 1486301223 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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 Niño and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy
Drought 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 Four: 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 Robert, 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460069903321 |
Anderson Deb
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| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson
| Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson Deb |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1096773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - Social aspects - Australia
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Australia Rural population - Victoria - Mallee - Social conditions Rural conditions |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0122-3
1-4863-0121-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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 Niño and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy
Drought 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 Four: 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 Robert, 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787004303321 |
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Anderson Deb
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| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson
| Endurance : Australian stories of drought / / Deb Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson Deb |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1096773 |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - Social aspects - Australia
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Australia Rural population - Victoria - Mallee - Social conditions Rural conditions |
| ISBN |
1-4863-0122-3
1-4863-0121-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; 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 Niño and the rise of climate prediction; The evolution of Australian drought policy
Drought 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 Four: 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 Robert, 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815800603321 |
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Anderson Deb
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| Collingwood, Victoria : , : Csiro Publishing, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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