A second oppositional narrative to the dominant interpretation might be added, that of the declensionists.2009, Devin Fergus, Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980, page 338:
The declensionist narrative first appeared among New Deal reformers who aimed to adjust land use and agricultural economics on the Great Plains2005, Geoff Cunfer, On the Great Plains: agriculture and environment, page 10:
declensionist
adj
Etymology From declension + -ist.
1
Tending to show decline.
As in Cole's work. the plot becomes declensionist, beginning with the race of demigods and ending in the contemporary iron age1998, Matthew Potteiger with Jamie Purinton, Landscape narratives: design practices for telling stories, page 236: