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Title
Vision or villainy: origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles water controversy
Creator
Hoffman, Abraham
Date Created and/or Issued
1981
Publication Information
Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Texas
Honnold/Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
California Water Documents
Rights Information
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Rights Holder and Contact
Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Texas A & M University Press. Texas A & M University Press has given Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections permission to provide access to the digitized work online. For more information on copyright or permissions for this item, please contact Texas A & M University Press at http://www.tamupress.com/pages/about_rights.aspx
Description
In his book, Abraham Hoffman describes the historical controversy between Owens Valley residents and Los Angeles government officials over the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Hoffman endeavors to provide an objective view of the heated debate and provides a multitude of perspectives through the use of copious primary sources. Chapter five of book includes photographs of the aqueduct and important people connected with the aqueduct project. Book is part of a series on environmental history.
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
cwd00214
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/2991
Language
English
Subject
Aqueducts
Aqueducts--California
Environmental history series
Landscape photography
Lippincott, Joseph Barlow, 1864-1942
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935
Photographs
Portraits
Portraits, Group
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Owens Valley (Calif.)
Source
Monograph, 347 scanned pages: Vision or villainy: origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles water controversy, HD4464 L7 H64, Water Resources Collection, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Relation
Water Resources Collection
California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd

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