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Unreal city : Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West / Judith Nies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nies, Judith, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal mines and mining--Southwest, New--Political aspects.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Indians of North America.
- Coal mines and mining--Southwest, New--History--20th century.
- Southwest, New--History--20th century.
- Southwest, New.
- Las Vegas (Nev.)--History--20th century.
- Las Vegas (Nev.).
- Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.)--History--20th century.
- Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nation Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Indian tribes; to political insiders and energy corporations, it was a divide-and-conquer play for the 21 billion tons of coal beneath Black Mesa. Today, that coal powers cheap electricity for Los Angeles, a new water aqueduct into Phoenix, and the neon dazzle of Las Vegas.Journalist a
- Contents:
- Contents; 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-56858-487-3
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