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Author Vollmann, William T.

Title Imperial / William T. Vollmann.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, [2009]
©2009

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  979.49 VOLLMANN    Check Shelf
Description xxx, 1306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 1151-1299).
Summary For generations of migrant workers, Imperial County--the California desert region where the U.S. borders Mexico--has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. Award-winning writer Vollmann takes readers deep into the heart of this haunted region.
Contents Introductions -- Outlines -- Revisions -- Footnotes -- Elaborations -- Subplots -- Contradictions -- Reservations -- Climaxes -- Dissolutions -- Postscripts -- Definitions -- Inscriptions.
Subject Mexicans -- California -- Imperial County -- History.
Mexicans -- California -- Imperial County -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- California -- Imperial County -- History.
Immigrants -- California -- Imperial County -- Social conditions.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Imperial County -- History.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Imperial County -- Social conditions.
Imperial County (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
ISBN 9780670020614
0670020613
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