Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West

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