Title & Author:

Land of sunshine : an environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles / edited by William Deverell and Greg Hise.

Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005.

Description:

viii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Series:

History of the urban environment

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-336) and index.
Introduction : The metropolitan nature of Los Angeles / Greg Hise and William Deverell -- Folio one : Southern California, 1900 / William McClung. Political ecology of prehistoric Los Angeles / L. Mark Raab ; The Los Angeles prairie / Paula M. Schiffman ; Ranchos and the politics of land claims / Karen Clay and Werner Troesken -- Folio two : Lost landscapes/past lives / Terry Harkness. Pollution and public policy at the turn of the twentieth century / Daniel Johnson ; Beaches versus oil in greater Los Angeles / Paul Sabin ; Who killed the Los Angeles River? / Blake Gumprecht ; Flood control engineering in the urban ecosystem / Jared Orsi ; Private sector planning for the environment / Tom Sitton ; Zoning and environmental inequity in the industrial East Side / Christopher G. Boone ; Los Angeles against the mountains / John McPhee -- Folio three : Transitions in Southern California landscape photography, 1900-1940 / Michael Dawson. Thirteen ways of seeing nature in LA / Jennifer Price ; A garden of worldly delights / Douglas C. Sackman ; Changing attitudes toward animals among Chicanas and Latinas in Los Angeles / Unna Lassiter and Jennifer Wolch -- Epilogue : The present as history / Robert Gottlieb.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Working forward from ancient times and ancient ecologies to the very recent past, Land of Sunshine is an exploration of the environmental history of greater Los Angeles. 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." "The result is a portrait of Los Angeles that will serve planners, communities, and environmentalists as they look to the past for clues, if not blueprints, for enhancing the quality and viability of cities."--Jacket.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0822942542 (acid-free paper)
9780822942542 (acid-free paper)
0822959399
9780822959397

Subject:

Human ecology California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History.
Urban ecology (Sociology) California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History.
Landscape changes California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History.
Environmental degradation California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area History.
Ecology.
Environmental degradation.
Human ecology.
Landscape changes.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Stadtentwicklung
Umwelt
banlieue environnement urbain évolution Los Angeles (Etats-Unis) 19e s. (fin) 21e s. (début) études diverses.
Humanekologi historia Förenta staterna.
Miljöhistoria Förenta staterna Kalifornien.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) History.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) Environmental conditions.
California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
Los Angeles, Calif.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Deverell, William Francis.
Hise, Greg.
History of the urban environment.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248669
Call No.: GF504.C2 L36 2005
Status: Available