LEADER 03450oam 22008774a 450 001 9910153564003321 005 20230621141306.0 010 $a0-520-96597-3 024 7 $a10.1525/luminos.21 035 $a(CKB)3880000000044153 035 $a(OAPEN)619232 035 $a(DE-B1597)539724 035 $a(OCoLC)953363753 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520965973 035 $a(OCoLC)1087869177 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse73001 035 $a(ScCtBLL)900decf6-c0e0-421d-9497-3a35ff1d7705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31594253 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31594253 035 $a(EXLCZ)993880000000044153 100 $a20160630h2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmu#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWater and Los Angeles$eA Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 /$fWilliam Deverell and Tom Sitton 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) $cPDF, digital file(s) 311 $a0-520-29242-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRivers of growth -- Harnessing the rivers -- Rivers in nature. 330 $a"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 be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the metropolitan future of the region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three of these rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aRivers$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWater-supply$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $a20th century. 610 $aacademic. 610 $aamerica. 610 $acalifornia. 610 $acolorado river. 610 $adevelopment. 610 $aenvironment. 610 $aenvironmentalist. 610 $aglobal power. 610 $agovernment. 610 $ala. 610 $alos angeles river. 610 $alos angeles. 610 $ametropolitan. 610 $anatural history. 610 $aowens river. 610 $ariver system. 610 $ascholarly. 610 $asocial studies. 610 $asouthern california. 610 $astudy. 610 $asuburban. 610 $athree rivers. 610 $aunited states. 610 $aurban growth. 610 $awater. 615 0$aRivers$xHistory 615 0$aWater-supply$xHistory 676 $a333.91/620979409041 700 $aDeverell$b William$f1962-$0919568 702 $aSitton$b Tom$f1949- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153564003321 996 $aWater and Los Angeles$92148543 997 $aUNINA