American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest

Title: American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest Author: Kyle Paoletta ISBN: 9780553387377 Publisher: Pantheon Published: 2025 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1623434 Publisher Description: An expansive and revelatory historical exploration of the multicultural, water-seeking, land-destroying settlers of the most arid corner of North America, arguing that in order to know where the United States is going in the era of mass migration and climate crisis we must understand where the Southwest has already been Albuquerque. Phoenix. Tucson. El Paso. Las Vegas. Iconic American cities surrounded by desert and rust. Teeming metropolises that seem to exist independently of the seemingly inhospitable and arid landscape that surrounds them, belying the rich insight they offer into American stories of migration, ind