Savage Dreams

Savage Dreams
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9780520282285
ISBN-13 : 0520282280
Rating : 4/5 (280 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Savage Dreams by : Rebecca Solnit

Download or read book Savage Dreams written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1851, a war began in what would become Yosemite National Park, a war against the indigenous inhabitants that has yet to come to a real conclusion. A century later - 1951 - and about a hundred and fifty miles away, another war began when the U.S. government started setting off nuclear bombs at the Nevada Test Site. It was called a "nuclear testing program" but functioned as a war against the land and people of the Great Basin."--


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