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Author Beck, John, 1963-

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

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource (366 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
Summary Since World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war."
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject American literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and literature.
United States.
History.
Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and culture.
War and literature.
War and literature.
West (U.S.) -- In literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Beck, John, 1963- Dirty wars. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803226319 (DLC) 2009024329 (OCoLC)317925594
ISBN 9780803226692 (electronic book)
0803226691 (electronic book)
9780803226319 (alkaline paper)
0803226314 (alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5001 T974 .0007 -2009

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