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Land of Sunshine: An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles by William Deverell, Greg Hise (Paperback, 2006)

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Author: Greg Hise. Contributor: Greg Hise (Edited by), William Deverell (Edited by). But there's much more to LA's story than this shallow stereotype. History shows that Los Angeles was intensely, ubiquitously planned.

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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 Angeles. Rather than rehearsing a litany of errors or insults against nature, rather than decrying the lost opportunities of roads not taken, these essays, by nineteen leading geologists, ecologists, and historians, instead consider the changing dynamics both of the city and of nature. In the nineteenth century, for example, density was considered an evil, and reformers struggled mightily to move the working poor out to areas where better sanitation and flowers and parks made life seem worth the living. We now call that vision sprawl, and we struggle just as much to bring middle-class people back into the core of American cities. There's nothing natural, or inevitable, about such turns of events. It's only by paying very close attention to the ways metropolitan nature has been constructed and construed that meaningful lessons can be drawn. History matters. So here are the plants and animals of the Los Angeles basin, its rivers and watersheds. Here are the landscapes of fact and fantasy, the historical actors, events, and circumstances that have proved transformative over and over again. The result is a nuanced and rich portrait of Los Angeles that will serve planners, communities, and environmentalists as they look to the past for clues, if not blueprints, for enhancing the quality and viability of cities.

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University of Pittsburgh Press
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9780822959397
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Author
William Deverell, Greg Hise
Publication Name
Land of Sunshine: an Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages

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235mm
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155mm

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History of the Urban Environment
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United States
Editor
Greg Hise, William Deverell

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