The Orphaned Land

by Price, V. B.; Farrell, Nell

• ISBN13: 9780826350497
• ISBN10: 0826350496
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-15
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

V.B Price is an award winning Albuquerque journalist, poet, novelist, and teacher, among his earlier books is Albuquerque: A city of the End of the world (UNM Press) Nell Farrell is a documentary photographer and writer specializing in Latin America and the American Southwest. she is the author of BNicaragua Before Now (UNM Press)

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. XV
Introduction	p. 2
Key Human Impacts on the New Mexico Environment	p. 18
Water: A Desert Among Eons of Oceans	p. 54
Environmental Discrimination: Dumping on the Poor	p. 96
Toxic Waste: "Everything Has to Go Somewhere"	p. 146
Urban/Rural Struggles: The Broader Habitat	p. 222
Conditions, Conclusions, New Paths to Follow	p. 296
Notes	p. 309
Selected Bibliography	p. 339
Index	p. 347
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