Unreal City : Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West.

An epic struggle over land, water, and power is erupting in the American West and the halls of Washington, DC. It began when a 4,000-square-mile area of Arizona desert called Black Mesa was divided between the Hopi and Navajo tribes. To the outside world, it was a land struggle between two fractious...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nies, Judith, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nation Books, 2014.
Temas:
1900-1999
Coal mines and mining > Political aspects > Southwest, New.
Indians of North America > Arizona > Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Coal mines and mining > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Aspect politique > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Charbon > Mines et extraction > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Coal mines and mining
Coal mines and mining > Political aspects
Indians of North America > Social conditions
Arizona > Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)
New Southwest
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction :Phoenix, 1982: A Pattern Set Early On; PART I; 1. Everyone Comes for the Money; 2. Goldwater and the Desert Inn; 3. The Ladies from Black Mesa; PART II; 4. Founding Myths: Laughlin, Nevada; 5. Gilded Age Land Grabs; 6. The Indian Lawyer and a Brief History of Coal; 7. The Mormon West; 8. Legal Theft; PART III; 9. Learning From Las Vegas; 10. Chinatown 2; 11. The Bechtel Family Business; 12. Roberta Blackgoat's World; Epilogue: Who Will Pay? Gembling on the Future; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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