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Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy
by Hoffman, Abraham
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College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1992. xix, 308 pages, [20] leaves of plates, illustrations; 23 cm. Environmental History Series, no. 3. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Seventy-five years ago the growing city of Los Angeles, amid considerable conflict, appropriated water from a rural area 250 miles away. Still unresolved, the controversy surrounding the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct has long since moved from the personal, even violent level fictionalized in the movie 'Chinatown' to the dry realm of court proceedings, injunctions, and environmental impact reportraits But water remains a problem in California, and the questions raised by these events--the rights of a rural area versus a growing metropolitan area, environmental issues, and levels of government responsibility--are of recognized national importance today. Much of the history of the controversy has been incompletely or imperfectly reported. Conventional accounts have focused on city versus valley, overlooking the role of the federal government. Others espouse the 'conspiracy' theory popularized in 'Chinatown', dealing in plots and personalities. Relying on primary sources, many unused until now, Dr. Hoffman demonstrates how the utilitarian views of Theodore Roosevelt and his agents in the Geological Survey, the Reclamation Service, and the Bureau of Forestry helped determine the future of Los Angeles and the fate of Owens Valley. A model of historical reporting, this book redresses the balance in a record that too often has been oversimplified, usually at the expense of the city and often in terms of heroes and villains." - Publisher.. Paperback. NEW. 8vo.
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- Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy
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- Hoffman, Abraham
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0890965099
- ISBN 13
- 9780890965092
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- Texas A&M University Press
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- College Station, TX
- Date Published
- 1992
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- 8vo
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