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Subject(s)

• Navajo Indians—Government relations—History—20th century [Browse]
• Navajo Indians—Health and hygiene—History—20th century [Browse]
• Uranium mines and mining—Political aspects—Southwest, New—History—20th century [Browse]
• Uranium mines and mining—Social aspects—Southwest, New—History—20th century [Browse]
• Radiation—Health aspects—Southwest, New—History—20th century [Browse]
• Navajo Indian Reservation—History—20th century [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface: In search of treasure -- Introduction: Sacrificial land -- Empty except for Indians : early impressions of Navajo rangeland -- Prospecting for magic ore in America's new frontier -- Cowboys and Indians in Navajo country -- Hot spots: justice, power, and gender in the radioactive present -- Monsters and mountains: competing geographies of uranium -- The big hurt: boom and bust on contested ground -- Conclusion. Zombie mines: the future of uranium and Native sovereignty.

Other title(s)

Legacies of uranium mining in Navajo country

ISBN

• 9780816692644 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
• 0816692645 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
• 9780816692675 (paperback : alkaline paper)
• 081669267X (paperback : alkaline paper)

LCCN

2014028049

OCLC

894746316

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