Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 - Couverture souple

Deverell, William F.; Sitton, Tom

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520292421 ISBN 13 : 9780520292420

Editeur : University of California Press, 2016

Synopsis

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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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. Tom Sitton is a curator emeritus of history from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Together, they are authors of California Progressive Revisited and Metropolis in the Making.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520292421
• ISBN 13: 9780520292420
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible