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

by William Deverell and Tom Sitton

Book Overview

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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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520292421
• ISBN13: 9780520292420
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"