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UNINA9910820450003321 |
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Autore |
Beck John <1963-> |
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Titolo |
Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature / / John Beck |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42442-4 |
9786612424427 |
0-8032-2669-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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." |
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