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The orphaned land : New Mexico's environment since the Manhattan Project / V. B. Price ; photographs by Nell Farrell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, V. B. (Vincent Barrett)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation--New Mexico--20th century.
- Environmental degradation.
- New Mexico--Environmental conditions--Case studies.
- New Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Viewing New Mexico as a microcosm of global ecological degradation, Price's is the first book to give the general public a realistic perspective on the problems surrounding New Mexico's environmental health and resources.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Tile Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Key Human Impacts on the New Mexico Environment; 2: Water: A Desert Among Eons of Oceans; 3: Environmental Discrimination: Dumping on the Poor; 4: Toxic Waste: "Everything Has to Go Somewhere"; 5: Urban/Rural Struggles: The Broader Habitat; 6: Conditions, Conclusions, New Paths to Follow; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613577924
- 9781280400094
- 1280400099
- 9780826350510
- 0826350518
- OCLC:
- 795894680
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