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Left in the dust : how race and politics created a human and environmental tragedy in L.A. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piper, Karen Lynnea, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Dust control > California > Los Angeles.
Water-supply > California > Los Angeles.
Water diversion > Environmental aspects > California > Owens Lake Region (Inyo County)
Paiute Indians > California > Owens Lake Region (Inyo County) > Government relations.
California > Race relations.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Esprit de corps at the Department of Water and Power
  • Manufacturing whiteness
  • The Department of Water and Power vs the Paiutes
  • "We ate the dust" : Manzanar
  • Control measures
  • "There it is, fix it".