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Indlæser... Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the Westaf Judith Nies
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An epic struggle over land, water, and power is erupting in the American West and the halls of Washington, DC. It began when a 4,000-square-mile area of Arizona desert called Black Mesa was divided between the Hopi and Navajo tribes. To the outside world, it was a land struggle between two fractious Indian tribes; to political insiders and energy corporations, it was a divide-and-conquer play for the 21 billion tons of coal beneath Black Mesa. Today, that coal powers cheap electricity for Los Angeles, a new water aqueduct into Phoenix, and the neon dazzle of Las Vegas.Journalist a No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Indlæser...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)979.3History and Geography North America Great Basin and West Coast U.S. NevadaLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit: (3.38)
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I’m used to people being wrong about Vegas, but for something to be so flagrantly inaccurate to appear on page 4, I had to put the book down. Downtown LV, Springs Preserve (2007), the Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse (1933, National Historic Register, now houses the Mob Museum), the not one, not two, but seventy freaking five (75!!!) public parks in the care of the City of Las Vegas all beg to differ, Judith.
I’ll concede that Vegas doesn’t necessarily prioritize public history, but to say there’s nothing is brazenly ignorant and does not assure me as a reader that the rest of this "non-fiction" book is in any way factual or well-researched. (