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Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature /
Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Postwestern horizons.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war." |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803226692 0803226691 1282424424 9781282424425 9786612424427 6612424427 |