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1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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History of the urban environment |
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History of the urban environment.
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Part one. Analysis of place -- part two. Land use and governance -- part three. Nature and culture |
| Summary |
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 Ang |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Human ecology -- California -- Los Angeles -- History
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Urban ecology (Sociology) -- California -- Los Angeles -- History
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Landscape changes -- California -- Los Angeles -- History
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Environmental degradation -- California -- Los Angeles -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Ecology
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Environmental degradation
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Human ecology
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Landscape changes
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| SUBJECT |
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078419
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Deverell, William, 1962- editor.
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Hise, Greg, editor
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| ISBN |
9780822973119 |
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0822973111 |
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