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 reference to...

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Main Authors:	Deverell, William, Sitton, Tom
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of California Press 2021
Subjects:	owens river los angeles los angeles river river systems colorado river Flood control Hoover Dam thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
Online Access:	619232
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