Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941
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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.
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Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.
 
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.
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Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941

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

by William F. Deverell, Tom Sitton
Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941

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

by William F. Deverell, Tom Sitton

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.
 
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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520292420
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/28/2016
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction 1

1 Rivers of Growth 17

2 Harnessing the Rivers 81

3 Rivers in Nature 117

Epilogue: What's Next? What's the Future? 139

Notes 145

Study Questions for Consideration 147

Chronology 149

Selected Bibliography 151

Acknowledgments 153

Index 155

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