Land of Sunshine: An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822959399
ISBN13:9780822959397
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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