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

"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 refere...

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Main Authors: Deverell, William, 1962- (Author), Sitton, Tom, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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