print email comment close Surviving the Dust Bowl URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/dustbowl/ Description: This site examines the combination of farming techniques, economic conditions, and an eight-year drought (1931-1939) in the southern plains of the United States that led to giving the area the name "The Dust Bowl." The people involved, the results of the drought, and the various government remedies to the situation are also covered. A companion to the PBS program of the same name, a part of The American Experience series. Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation; PBS Online Library of Congress Subject Headings: Agriculture -- Great Plains -- History Droughts -- Great Plains Dust storms -- Great Plains United States -- Economic conditions United States -- History LII Database Information: Record 10037 created by Martha Gifford on 03/09/2002 Last modification on 11/01/2009 Published: 03/09/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10037