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Author Beck, John, 1963-

Title Dirty wars [electronic resource] : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature / John Beck.

Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.

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Description 366 p.
Series Postwestern horizons
Postwestern horizons.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : dirty wars -- The purloined landscape -- The prehistory of the permanent war economy -- Dust breeding : narratives of inter(n)ment -- Learning from Los Alamos -- Gridlocked and homeless -- Loomings : dread in west Texas -- After nature : gothic contamination -- After nature writing -- The west as Cold War museum -- The fringe of empire -- Conclusion : endless war.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
War and literature.
West (U.S.) -- In literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780803226319 (alk. paper)
0803226314 (alk. paper)
Sudoc No. U5001 T974 .0007 -2009 nbdocs

 
    
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