China Lake : a journey into the contradicted heart of a global climate catastrophe /

"Barret Baumgart's literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. In the fall of 2013, during the height of California's historic drought, Baumgart toure...

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Main Author: Baumgart, Barret, 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University Of Iowa Press, [2017]
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