Main Title |
Land of sunshine : an environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
University of Pittsburgh Press, |
Year Published |
2005 |
OCLC Number |
57414722 |
ISBN |
0822942542 (acid-free paper) |
Subjects |
Human ecology--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History ;
Urban ecology--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History ;
Landscape changes--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History ;
Environmental degradation--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History ;
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif)--History ;
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif)--Environmental conditions
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
GF504.C2L36 2005 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
09/20/2005 |
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Collation |
viii, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-336) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Introduction : The metropolitan nature of Los Angeles / Greg Hise and William Deverell -- Folio one : Southern California, 1900 / William McClung. Political ecology of prehistoric Los Angeles / L. Mark Raab ; The Los Angeles prairie / Paula M. Schiffman ; Ranchos and the politics of land claims / Karen Clay and Werner Troesken -- Folio two : Lost landscapes/past lives / Terry Harkness. Pollution and public policy at the turn of the twentieth century / Daniel Johnson ; Beaches versus oil in greater Los Angeles / Paul Sabin ; Who killed the Los Angeles River? / Blake Gumprecht ; Flood control engineering in the urban ecosystem / Jared Orsi ; Private sector planning for the environment / Tom Sitton ; Zoning and environmental inequity in the industrial East Side / Christopher G. Boone ; Los Angeles against the mountains / John McPhee -- Folio three : Transitions in Southern California landscape photography, 1900-1940 / Michael Dawson. Thirteen ways of seeing nature in LA / Jennifer Price ; A garden of worldly delights / Douglas C. Sackman ; Changing attitudes toward animals among Chicanas and Latinas in Los Angeles / Unna Lassiter and Jennifer Wolch -- Epilogue : The present as history / Robert Gottlieb. |