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9780801866425 Academic Inspection Copy

The Los Angeles River

Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth
  • ISBN-13: 9780801866425
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Blake Gumprecht
  • Price: AUD $69.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/05/2001
  • Format: Paperback 384 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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Three centuries ago, the Los Angeles River meandered through marshes and forests of willow and sycamore. Trout spawned in its waters and grizzly bears roamed its shores. The bountiful environment the river helped create supported one of the largest concentrations of Indians in North America. Today, the river is made almost entirely of concrete. Chain-link fence and barbed wire line its course. Shopping carts and trash litter its channel. Little water flows in the river most of the year, and nearly all that does is treated sewage and oily street runoff. On much of its course, the river looks more like a deserted freeway than a river. The river's contemporary image belies its former character and its importance to the development of Southern California. Los Angeles would not exist were it not for the river, and the river was crucial to its growth. Recognizing its past and future potential, a potent movement has developed to revitalize its course. The Los Angeles River offers the first comprehensive account of a river that helped give birth to one of the world's great cities, significantly shaped its history, and promises to play a key role in its future.


Contents:



Preface to the Paperback Edition

Introduction



Chapter: 1 The River as It Once Was

Chapter: 2 Sustenance for the Young Pueblo

Chapter: 3 Draining the River Dry

Chapter: 4 A Stream That Could Not Be Trusted

Chapter: 5 Fifty-one Miles of Concrete

Chapter: 6 Exhuming the River

""I welcome books like this, that merge history, geography and public policy into a cogent, readable, and remarkably objective work.""

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