Imperial (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 3 books, including Imperial, 2 weeks ago.

Timothy Gray edited the awards of Imperial 2 weeks ago.

• Added an award: Amazon.com's Best Books
• Added category of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books Editors' Picks
• Added year of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books 2009
• Added ranking of an award: Amazon.com's Best Books 97

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 3 books, including Imperial, 2 weeks ago.

Shelfari edited the description of Imperial Monday, August 3 2009.

• An epic study of an emblematic American region by one of our most celebrated writers It sprawls across a stinking artificial sea, across the deserts, date groves, and labor camps of southeastern California, right across the Mexican border. For generations of migrant workers, from Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl of the 1930s to Mexican laborers today, Imperial County has held the promise of paradise—and the reality of hell. It is a land beautiful and harsh, enticing and deadly, rich in history and heartbreak. Across the border, the desert is the same but there are different secrets. In Imperial , award-winning writer William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, and by extension into the dark soul of American imperialism. Known for his penetrating meditations on poverty and violence, Vollmann has spent ten years doggedly investigating every facet of this bi-national locus, raiding archives, exploring polluted rivers, guarded factories, and Chinese tunnels, talking with everyone from farmers to border patrolmen in his search for the fading American dream and its Mexican equivalent. The result is a majestic book that addresses current debates on immigration, agribusiness, and corporate exploitation, issues that will define America’s identity in the twenty-first century.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Imperial Monday, July 27 2009.

• Added a contributor: William T. Vollmann: (Primary Author)