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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Catalogingin -Publication Data Fryer, Heather. Perimeters of democracy : inverse utopias and the wartime social landscape in the American West / Heather Fryer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-2033-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Government-controlled communities —United States. 2. World War, 1939–1945—United States. 3. Internal security—United States—History—20th century. 4. Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.)—Social conditions—20th century. 5. Los Alamos (N.M.)—Social conditions —20th century. 6. Topaz (Utah)— Social conditions—20th century. 7. Vanport (Or.)—Social conditions— 20th century. 8. West (U.S.)—Social conditions—20th century. I. Title. d769.8.g68f79 2010 307.770978’09044—dc22 2009047713 Set in Quadraat by Kim Essman. Designed by Nathan Putens. ...

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