The Orphaned Land: New Mexico's Environment Since the Manhattan Project Contributor(s): Price, V. B. (Author), Farrell, Nell (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0826350496 ISBN-13: 9780826350497 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Nature | Ecology - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
Dewey: 577.270 |
LCCN: 2011009569 |
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.09" W x 8.89" (1.27 lbs) 332 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Topical - Ecology - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Chronological Period - 1940's |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Although most people prefer not to think about them, hazardous wastes, munitions testing, radioactive emissions, and a variety of other issues affect the quality of land, water, and air in the Land of Enchantment, as they do all over the world. In this book, veteran New Mexico journalist V. B. Price assembles a vast amount of information on more than fifty years of deterioration of the state's environment, most of it hitherto available only in scattered newspaper articles and government reports. Viewing New Mexico as a microcosm of global ecological degradation, Price's is the first book to give the general public a realistic perspective on the problems surrounding New Mexico's environmental health and resources. |
Contributor Bio(s): Farrell, Nell: - Nell Farrell is a documentary photographer and writer specializing in Latin American and the American Southwest.Price, V. B.: - V. B. Price is an award-winning Albuquerque journalist, poet, novelist, and teacher. |