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245 10 a| Dirty wars :b| landscape, power, and waste in western American literature /c| John Beck.;

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490 1 a| Postwestern horizons;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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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Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature / John Beck.

Author/creator	Beck, John, 1963-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Description	366 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	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.

Series	Postwestern horizons Postwestern horizons. ^A563724
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009024329
ISBN	9780803226319 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0803226314 (alk. paper)
Other class#	U5001 T974 .0007 -2009

Dirty wars : landscape, power, and waste in western American literature / John Beck.

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