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050 00 $aF868.I2$bV65 2009
082 00 $a304.8/7949907208624$222
100 1 $aVollmann, William T.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85319852
245 10 $aImperial /$cWilliam T. Vollmann.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2009.
300 $axxx, 1306 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 1 $a"It sprawls across a stinking accidental sea, across the deserts, date groves, and labor camps of southeastern California, right across the Mexican border. For generations of migrant workers, from Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl of the 1930s to Mexican laborers today, Imperial County has held the promise of paradise - and the reality of hell. It is a land beautiful and harsh, enticing and deadly, rich in history and heartbreak. Across the border, the desert is the same but there are different secrets. In Imperial, award-winning writer William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, and by extension into the dark soul of American imperialism." "Known for his penetrating meditations on poverty and violence, Vollmann has spent ten years doggedly investigating every facet of this bi-national locus, raiding archives, exploring polluted rivers, guarded factories, and Chinese tunnels, talking with everyone from farmers to border patrolmen in his search for the fading American dream and its Mexican equivalent. The result is a majestic book that addresses current debates on immigration, agribusiness, and corporate exploitation, issues that will define America's identity in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMexicans$zCalifornia$zImperial County$xHistory.
650 0 $aMexicans$zCalifornia$zImperial County$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aImmigrants$zCalifornia$zImperial County$xHistory.
650 0 $aImmigrants$zCalifornia$zImperial County$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aMigrant agricultural laborers$zCalifornia$zImperial County$xHistory.
650 0 $aMigrant agricultural laborers$zCalifornia$zImperial County$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aImperial County (Calif.)$xSocial conditions.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008029532-d.html
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