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Unreal city : Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West /

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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Main Authors: Nies, Judith, 1941
Published: Nation Books,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Coal mines and mining > Political aspects > Southwest, New
Indians of North America > Arizona > Black Mesa Navajo County and Apache County > Social conditions > 20th century
Coal mines and mining > Southwest, New > History > 20th century
Southwest, New > History > 20th century
Las Vegas Nev. > History > 20th century
Black Mesa Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz. > History > 20th century
Summary: 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.
Carrier Form: xxiv, 292 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
ISBN: 9781568587486 (hardcover) :
1568587481 (hardcover)
Index Number: F787
CLC: K712.9
Call Number: K712.9/N676
Contents: Everyone comes for the money -- Goldwater and the Desert Inn -- The ladies from Black Mesa -- Founding myths-Laughlin -- Gilded age land grabs -- The Indian lawyer -- The Mormon West -- Legal theft -- Learning from Las Vegas -- Chinatown 2 -- The Bechtel family business -- Roberta Blackgoat's world -- Epilogue: who pays for the new American West?

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