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Land of sunshine an environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles

By Greg , Deverell , William Francis;Hise

Book information

Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN
0822942542, 9780822973119, 9780822942542, 9780822959397, 0822959399
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
14 MB (14892150 bytes)
Series
History of the urban environment
Edition
Paperback edition
Pages
1 vol. (VIII-350 p.) : ill., cartes. ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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 Angeles. Rather than rehearsing a litany of errors or insults against nature, rather than decrying the lost opportunities of "roads not taken," these essays, by nineteen leading geologists, ecologists, and historians, instead consider the changing dynamics both of the city and of nature.

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