Record Details
Vision or villainy: origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles water controversy
Claremont Colleges Digital Library
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Vision or villainy: origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles water controversy |
| Creator | Hoffman, Abraham |
| 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 |
| Coverage | Los Angeles (Calif.); Owens Valley (Calif.) |
| 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. |
| Publisher | Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Texas Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections |
| Date | 1981 |
| Language | eng |
| 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 |
| Rights | The 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 |
| Type | Text; Image |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | cwd00214 http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/2991 |
