An edition of Unreal city
(2014)
Unreal city
Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West
by Judith Nies
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Describes the darker side of the history of Las Vegas and Black Mesa, Arizona, including the relocation of fifteen thousand Navajo to mine coal for cheap electricity for the Vegas Strip and the precipitous drop in the water level of Lake Mead.
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Social conditions, Coal mines and mining, Indians of North America, History, Southwest, new, history, Las vegas (nev.), Nevada, history, Indians of north america, social conditionsPlaces
Las Vegas (Nev.), Arizona, Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.), Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County), New SouthwestTimes
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Unreal city: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West
2014, Nation Books
in English
1568587481 9781568587486
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Everyone comes for the money
Goldwater and the Desert Inn
The ladies from Black Mesa
Founding myths : Laughlin, Nevada
Gilded age land grabs
The Indian lawyer and a brief history of coal
The Mormon West
Legal theft
Learning from Las Vegas
Chinatown 2
The Bechtel family business
Roberta Blackgoat's world
Epilogue: who will pay? Gambling on the future.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
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