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

Deverell, William; Sitton, Tom

ISBN 10: 0520292421 / ISBN 13: 9780520292420

Published by University of California Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers 1900-1941
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520292421
• ISBN 13: 9780520292420
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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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.

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.