Water and Los Angeles (eBook)

A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941

William F. Deverell, Tom Sitton (Autoren)

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2016
168 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96597-3 (ISBN)

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Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.

Inhalt

Preface

Introduction
1. Rivers of Growth
2. Harnessing the Rivers
3. Rivers in Nature
Epilogue: What’s Next? What’s the Future?

Notes
Study Questions for Consideration
Chronology
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: 20th century • academic • America • California • Colorado River • Development • Environment • Environmentalist • Global Power • Government • LA • Los Angeles • los angeles river • metropolitan • Natural History • owens river • river system • scholarly • Social Studies • Southern California • Study • Suburban • Three Rivers • United States • Urban growth • Water
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96597-3 / 0520965973
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96597-3 / 9780520965973