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Reed Elizabeth McConnell

Grant Type

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Institutional Affiliation

Chicago, U. of

Grant number

Gr. 10707

Approve Date

April 15, 2024

Project Title

McConnell, Reed (Chicago, U. of) "Imperial Futures: Post-Apocalyptic Visions, Settler Colonial Whiteness, and Environmental Justice in Late Industrial California"

Bombay Beach, California, is a former resort town located on the shores of the Salton Sea, an enormous polluted lake in California’s Imperial Valley desert. In the 1970s, a series of violent floods left the town in ruins, and it is now home to about two