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Surf, sand, and stone : how waves, earthquakes, and other forces shape the Southern California coast / / Keith Heyer Meldahl
| Surf, sand, and stone : how waves, earthquakes, and other forces shape the Southern California coast / / Keith Heyer Meldahl |
| Autore | Meldahl Keith Heyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.457097949 |
| Soggetto topico |
Coast changes - California, Southern
Geomorphology - California, Southern |
| Soggetto non controllato |
california earthquakes
california fault lines california geology california tsunamis coastal geology coastal science coastal shifts california earth sciences earth studies geology geomorphology north american plate oak ridge fault oceanography outdoor science pacific plate san andreas fault santa ynez fault southern california coastline southern california tectonic plates california tectonic plates tectonic shift |
| ISBN | 0-520-96185-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Author Note -- 1. Time, Faults, and Moving Plates: A Recipe for Southern California -- 2. Tsunamis -- 3. Earthquakes -- 4. Disassembling Southern California -- 5. Waves and Surfing -- 6. Beaches and Coastal Bluffs -- 7. Sea-Level Changes and the Ice Ages -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- APPENDIX: Seeing for Yourself -- Glossary -- Notes on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797209803321 |
Meldahl Keith Heyer
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surf, sand, and stone : how waves, earthquakes, and other forces shape the Southern California coast / / Keith Heyer Meldahl
| Surf, sand, and stone : how waves, earthquakes, and other forces shape the Southern California coast / / Keith Heyer Meldahl |
| Autore | Meldahl Keith Heyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.457097949 |
| Soggetto topico |
Coast changes - California, Southern
Geomorphology - California, Southern |
| Soggetto non controllato |
california earthquakes
california fault lines california geology california tsunamis coastal geology coastal science coastal shifts california earth sciences earth studies geology geomorphology north american plate oak ridge fault oceanography outdoor science pacific plate san andreas fault santa ynez fault southern california coastline southern california tectonic plates california tectonic plates tectonic shift |
| ISBN | 0-520-96185-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Author Note -- 1. Time, Faults, and Moving Plates: A Recipe for Southern California -- 2. Tsunamis -- 3. Earthquakes -- 4. Disassembling Southern California -- 5. Waves and Surfing -- 6. Beaches and Coastal Bluffs -- 7. Sea-Level Changes and the Ice Ages -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- APPENDIX: Seeing for Yourself -- Glossary -- Notes on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810751003321 |
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Meldahl Keith Heyer
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton
| Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton |
| Autore | Deverell William <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) : PDF, digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 333.91/620979409041 |
| Soggetto topico |
Rivers - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
academic america california colorado river development environment environmentalist global power government la los angeles river los angeles metropolitan natural history owens river river system scholarly social studies southern california study suburban three rivers united states urban growth water |
| ISBN | 0-520-96597-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Rivers of growth -- Harnessing the rivers -- Rivers in nature. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996328039003316 |
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Deverell William <1962->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton
| Water and Los Angeles : A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 / / William Deverell and Tom Sitton |
| Autore | Deverell William <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) : PDF, digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 333.91/620979409041 |
| Soggetto topico |
Rivers - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
academic america california colorado river development environment environmentalist global power government la los angeles river los angeles metropolitan natural history owens river river system scholarly social studies southern california study suburban three rivers united states urban growth water |
| ISBN | 0-520-96597-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Rivers of growth -- Harnessing the rivers -- Rivers in nature. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153564003321 |
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Deverell William <1962->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Weimar on the Pacific : German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism / / Ehrhard Bahr
| Weimar on the Pacific : German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism / / Ehrhard Bahr |
| Autore | Bahr Ehrhard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 700.89/31079494 |
| Collana | Weimar and now : German cultural criticism |
| Soggetto topico |
Modernism (Aesthetics) - California - Los Angeles
Germans - California - Los Angeles - Intellectual life Jews, German - California - Los Angeles - Intellectual life |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
1930s 1940s 20th century american history arnold schoenberg bertolt brecht california classicism ehrhard bahr exile fritz lang german artists german modernism germany intellectual los angeles modernism national socialism pacific coast schoenberg socialism southern california theodore adorno thomas mann united states history us history weimer germany weimer republic west coast western united states |
| ISBN |
1-282-35926-6
9786612359262 0-520-93380-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Dialectic of Modernism -- Chapter 2. Art and Its Resistance to Society -- Chapter 3. Bertolt Brecht's California Poetry -- Chapter 4. The Dialectic of Modern Science -- Chapter 5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir -- Chapter 6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism -- Chapter 7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism -- Chapter 8. Renegade Modernism -- Chapter 9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism -- Chapter 10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany -- Chapter 11. A "True Modernist" -- Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles -- Chronology -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777949203321 |
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Bahr Ehrhard
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Weimar on the Pacific : German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism / / Ehrhard Bahr
| Weimar on the Pacific : German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism / / Ehrhard Bahr |
| Autore | Bahr Ehrhard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 700.89/31079494 |
| Collana | Weimar and now : German cultural criticism |
| Soggetto topico |
Modernism (Aesthetics) - California - Los Angeles
Germans - California - Los Angeles - Intellectual life Jews, German - California - Los Angeles - Intellectual life |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
1930s 1940s 20th century american history arnold schoenberg bertolt brecht california classicism ehrhard bahr exile fritz lang german artists german modernism germany intellectual los angeles modernism national socialism pacific coast schoenberg socialism southern california theodore adorno thomas mann united states history us history weimer germany weimer republic west coast western united states |
| ISBN |
1-282-35926-6
9786612359262 0-520-93380-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Dialectic of Modernism -- Chapter 2. Art and Its Resistance to Society -- Chapter 3. Bertolt Brecht's California Poetry -- Chapter 4. The Dialectic of Modern Science -- Chapter 5. Epic Theater versus Film Noir -- Chapter 6. California Modern as Immigrant Modernism -- Chapter 7. Between Modernism and Antimodernism -- Chapter 8. Renegade Modernism -- Chapter 9. The Political Battleground of Exile Modernism -- Chapter 10. Evil Germany versus Good Germany -- Chapter 11. A "True Modernist" -- Conclusion: The Weimar Legacy of Los Angeles -- Chronology -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809271703321 |
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Bahr Ehrhard
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland
| William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland |
| Autore | Mulholland Catherine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.4/9404/092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History
Engineers - California - Los Angeles |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
aqueduct biography california career history chinatown coming of age department of power department of water drought engineer engineering family history growing up immigrant life story los angeles mulholland natural history natural resources natural world nature newspaper owens valley primary source research scholarly southern california true story untold story water history water system west coast western united states |
| ISBN |
0-520-92901-2
1-59875-011-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876 -- 2. The City of Angels, 1877 -- 3. The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879 -- 4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886 -- 5. The New Superintendent, 1887-1892 -- 6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895 -- 7. The Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900 -- 8. The City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902 -- 9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904 -- 10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904 -- 11. A Plan Revealed, 1905 -- 12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 -- 13. The Big Job Begins, 1907 -- 14. The Chief and the General, 1908 -- 15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909 -- 16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910 -- 17. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911 -- 18. The Investigation, 1912 -- 19. The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913 -- 20. After the Aqueduct, 1914-1919 -- 21. A Stormy Decade Begins, 1920-1923 -- 22. Boulder Dam and Dynamite, 1924 -- 23. More Dynamite, 1925-1927 -- 24. The Saint Francis Dam Disaster and After, 1928-1935 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783300003321 |
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Mulholland Catherine
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland
| William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland |
| Autore | Mulholland Catherine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.4/9404/092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History
Engineers - California - Los Angeles |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
aqueduct biography california career history chinatown coming of age department of power department of water drought engineer engineering family history growing up immigrant life story los angeles mulholland natural history natural resources natural world nature newspaper owens valley primary source research scholarly southern california true story untold story water history water system west coast western united states |
| ISBN |
0-520-92901-2
1-59875-011-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876 -- 2. The City of Angels, 1877 -- 3. The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879 -- 4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886 -- 5. The New Superintendent, 1887-1892 -- 6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895 -- 7. The Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900 -- 8. The City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902 -- 9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904 -- 10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904 -- 11. A Plan Revealed, 1905 -- 12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 -- 13. The Big Job Begins, 1907 -- 14. The Chief and the General, 1908 -- 15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909 -- 16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910 -- 17. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911 -- 18. The Investigation, 1912 -- 19. The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913 -- 20. After the Aqueduct, 1914-1919 -- 21. A Stormy Decade Begins, 1920-1923 -- 22. Boulder Dam and Dynamite, 1924 -- 23. More Dynamite, 1925-1927 -- 24. The Saint Francis Dam Disaster and After, 1928-1935 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809934903321 |
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Mulholland Catherine
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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