An edition of Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West (2014)
Unreal city
Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the fate of the West
By Judith Nies
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
Nation Books
Language
eng
Pages
307
Description:
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.
subjects: History, Coal mines and mining, Political aspects, Indians of North America, Social conditions, Southwest, new, history, Las vegas (nev.), Nevada, history, Indians of north america, social conditions
Places: Las Vegas (Nev.), Arizona, Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County, Ariz.), Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County), New Southwest
Times: 20th century