About this title: 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 and ancient ecologies to the very recent past, "Land of Sunshine" is a fascinating exploration of the environmental history of greater Los ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780822959397ISBN:0822959399
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780822959397ISBN:0822959399
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780822959397ISBN:0822959399
Description: New. 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 i... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822959397ISBN:0822959399
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822959397ISBN:0822959399
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