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Okie ['əʊkɪ](a) (inhabitant) habitant(e) m,f de l'Oklahoma□∎ the Okies = habitants de l'Oklahoma qui se sont déplacés vers la Californie dans les années 30 pour échapper à la pauvreté du "Dust Bowl"
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Okies — Als Okies bezeichnete man eine Gruppe von Wirtschaftsflüchtlingen, die in den 1930er Jahren vor den wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Großen Depression , aber auch vor der ökologischen Katastrophe im sogenannten Dust Bowl aus Oklahoma nach Kalifornien… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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The Grapes of Wrath — infobox Book name = Grapes of Wrath image caption= First edition cover author = John Steinbeck cover artist = Elmer Hader country = United States language = English genre = Novel publisher = The Viking Press James Lloyd release date = 1939 media… … Wikipedia
The Grapes of Wrath (opera) — The Grapes of Wrath is an opera based on John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel of the same title. The opera was commissioned by the Minnesota Opera and co produced with Utah Symphony Opera, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Michael Korie. The… … Wikipedia
“Okies” — The term Okie was an abbreviation of Oklahoman but was applied to the thousands of migrant workers and others who left the Midwestern states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, driven out by the economic collapse in the Great Depression and… … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
The Grapes of Wrath — Früchte des Zorns (Titel des englischen Originals von 1939: The Grapes of Wrath) ist das bekannteste Werk des US amerikanischen Schriftstellers John Steinbeck. Der sozialkritische und naturalistisch geschriebene Roman schildert das Schicksal der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, The — by Oscar Zeta Acosta (1972) In this first of his two first person Chicano memoirs, the persona assumed by oscar zeta acosta bows in with a suitably Beat gesture of selfexposure: “I stand naked before the mirror,” a body of “brown belly” and… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
History of the United States (1918–1945) — The history of the United States from 1918 through 1945 covers the post World War I era, the Great Depression, and World War II. After World War I, the United States signed separate peace treaties with Germany and her allies. The U.S. sponsored a … Wikipedia
Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System — The construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System was a massive undertaking involving tens of thousands of people often in extreme temperatures and conditions. Specialized construction techniques were pioneered to build the pipeline, most of… … Wikipedia
Drought in the United States — A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photo: Arthur Rothstein. Drought in the United States is similar to that of other portions of the globe. Below normal precipitation leads to drought, which is… … Wikipedia
San Joaquin Valley — The San Joaquin Valley (pronEng|ˌsæn wɑːˈkiːn) refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta in Stockton. Although most of the valley is rural, it does contain urban hubs such as… … Wikipedia