Land of sunshine :: an environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles /

Most people equate Los Angeles with smog, sprawl, forty suburbs in search of a city-the great ""what-not-to-do"" of twentieth-century city building. But there's much more to LA's story than this shallow stereotype. History shows that Los Angeles was intensely, ubiquitou...

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Weitere Verfasser: Deverell, William, 1962- (HerausgeberIn), Hise, Greg (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2005]
Schriftenreihe:History of the urban environment.
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Zusammenfassung:Most people equate Los Angeles with smog, sprawl, forty suburbs in search of a city-the great ""what-not-to-do"" of twentieth-century city building. But there's much more to LA's story than this shallow stereotype. History shows that Los Angeles was intensely, ubiquitously planned. The consequences of that planning-the environmental history of urbanism--is one place to turn for the more complex lessons LA has to offer. Working forward from ancient times and ancient ecologies to the very recent past, Land of Sunshine is a fascinating exploration of the environmental history of greater Los Ang
Beschreibung:1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822973119
0822973111