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

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 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]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Water-supply.
Rivers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Technology, engineering, agriculture.
Regional and national history.
Humanities.
History: specific events and topics.
History: earliest times to present day.
History.
History of the Americas.
Environmental science, engineering and technology.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Rivers > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Water-supply > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Rivers of growth
  • Harnessing the rivers
  • Rivers in nature.

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