Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten

by Kate Brown

Book Overview

"Why are Kazakhstan and Montana the same place?" asks one chapter of Kate Brown's surprising and unusual journey into the histories of places on the margins, overlooked or erased. It turns out that a ruined mining town in Kazakhstan and Butte, Montana--America's largest environmental Superfund site--have much more in common than one would think thanks to similarities in climate, hucksterism, and the perseverance of their few hardy inhabitants. Taking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022624279X
• ISBN13: 9780226242798
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"