LEADER 02980nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910820450003321 005 20240501142212.0 010 $a1-282-42442-4 010 $a9786612424427 010 $a0-8032-2669-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000008984 035 $a(EBL)471727 035 $a(OCoLC)593259818 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336753 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11251872 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336753 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10282124 035 $a(PQKB)10827382 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471727 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11930 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471727 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10375814 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242442 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000008984 100 $a20090616d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDirty wars $elandscape, power, and waste in western American literature /$fJohn Beck 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (378 p.) 225 1 $aPostwestern horizons 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-2631-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aSince World War II, the American West has become the nation's military arsenal, proving ground, and disposal site. Through a wide-ranging discussion of recent literature produced in and about the West, Dirty Wars explores how the region's iconic landscapes, invested with myths of national virtue, have obscured the West's crucial role in a post-World War II age of "permanent war." 410 0$aPostwestern horizons. 606 $aAmerican literature$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWar and literature 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory 615 0$aWar and literature. 676 $a810.9/35878 700 $aBeck$b John$f1963-$0978185 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820450003321 996 $aDirty wars$93917492 997 $aUNINA