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Imperial is a 2009 study of California's Imperial Valley and Imperial County by American author William T. Vollmann. The product of over a decade's research, the 1,344-page published text is Vollmann's longest single-volume work. The book is divided into thirteen sections and explores the history, economics and geography of the region from 13,000 B.C. to the present day, with a particular focus on the border with Mexico. Vollmann has called Imperial "my Moby-Dick". The book was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction.

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  • Imperial is a 2009 study of California's Imperial Valley and Imperial County by American author William T. Vollmann. The product of over a decade's research, the 1,344-page published text is Vollmann's longest single-volume work. The book is divided into thirteen sections and explores the history, economics and geography of the region from 13,000 B.C. to the present day, with a particular focus on the border with Mexico. Vollmann has called Imperial "my Moby-Dick". The book was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction. (en)
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  • Viking Books
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  • July 2009 (en)
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  • Imperial is a 2009 study of California's Imperial Valley and Imperial County by American author William T. Vollmann. The product of over a decade's research, the 1,344-page published text is Vollmann's longest single-volume work. The book is divided into thirteen sections and explores the history, economics and geography of the region from 13,000 B.C. to the present day, with a particular focus on the border with Mexico. Vollmann has called Imperial "my Moby-Dick". The book was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction. (en)
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  • 978-0-670-02061-4
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