LEADER 03858nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910455539303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-38298-5 010 $a9786612382987 010 $a0-520-90741-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520907416 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765795 035 $a(EBL)470864 035 $a(OCoLC)609849953 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000367411 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12107788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000367411 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10424259 035 $a(PQKB)11245837 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470864 035 $a(DE-B1597)520177 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520907416 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470864 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676271 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL238298 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765795 100 $a19810505d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWater and power$b[electronic resource] $ethe conflict over Los Angeles' water supply in the Owens Valley /$fWilliam L. Kahrl 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d1982 215 $a1 online resource (605 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-05068-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. Organizing for Development -- $t2. Competing Public Interests -- $t3. The Politics of Appropriation -- $t4. Forging the Link -- $t5. Years of Excess -- $t6. The Politics of Exploitation -- $t7. Legacy -- $t8. The Ties That Bind -- $tConclusion -- $tMaps -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIt is not the purpose of this work to propose a specific format for the settlement of the city's current difficulties with the valley, to resolve the environmental questions associated with Los Angeles's proposed groundwater pumping program, or to promote any cause associated with the developing situation in the Owens Valley. But by performing the essential historical task of separating what happened from what did not, and by distinguishing in this way the choices which have been made from those which have yet to be decided, it is my hope that this effort will help to establish that common basis for understanding which is essential for the debate over specific issues to proceed most effectively. This book, then, is scarcely the last word on the Owens Valley conflict: the final chapter, after all, has yet to be written. The story that has emerged here is at once very different and more troubling than the conventional treatments of the conflict as a simplistic political morality play. Any attempt to deal with so controversial a subject, however, is almost certain to spark controversy itself. For that reason, with the exception of a small collection of private letters, this work is constructed entirely from the published documents and other materials available to the general public, anchoring the narrative in sources the reader can consult to trace the line of my argument on any point with which he or she may disagree. In addition, the work as a whole has been reviewed for technical accuracy by officials of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, although the department is in no way responsible for the content of this study or the conclusions drawn from it. 606 $aWater-supply$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aWater-supply$zCalifornia$zOwens Valley 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWater-supply 615 0$aWater-supply 676 $a333.91/009794/9 700 $aKahrl$b William L.$f1946-$0684321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455539303321 996 $aWater and power$91264580 997 $aUNINA