The settler sea : California's Salton Sea and the consequences of colonialism /

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"Can a sea be a settler? What if it is a sea that exists only in the form of incongruous, head-scratching contradictions: a wetland in a desert, a wildlife refuge that poisons birds, a body of water in which fish suffocate? Traci Brynne Voyles's history of the Salton Sea examines how settl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Voyles, Traci Brynne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Series:Many Wests.
Subjects:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ecology.
Salton Sea (Calif.) > Environmental conditions.
Salton Sea (Calif.) > Political aspects.
Salton Sea (Calif.) > History.
Salton, Lac (Calif.) > Conditions environnementales.
Salton, Lac (Calif.) > Aspect politique.
Salton, Lac (Calif.) > Histoire.
California > Salton Sea.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : A world on the brink
  • 1. Desert
  • 2. Flood
  • 3. Birds
  • 4. Concrete
  • 5. Bodies
  • 6. Bombs
  • 7. Chains
  • 8. Toxins
  • Conclusion : A how-to guide to saving the Salton Sea.

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