Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Beyond the Crabgrass Frontier 1
5. Part I: Fragments
6. Chapter 1. A Region of Fragments 23
7. Part II: Demand
8. Chapter 2. The Valley of the Sun 55
9. Chapter 3. Turquoise and Turboprops 91
10. Part III: Supply
11. Chapter 4. Modernizing the Navajo 123
12. Chapter 5. Integrating Geographies 157
13. Part IV: Protest
14. Chapter 6. The Living River 185
15. Chapter 7. A Piece of the Action 213
16. Conclusion: “Good Bye, Big Sky”: Coal and Postwar America 246
17. Abbreviations of Sources and Collections 259
18. Notes 261
19. Index 311