How local politics shape federal policy : business, power, and the environment in twentieth-century Los Angeles /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Elkind, Sarah S., 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, society, & the state.
Subjects:	California > Politics and government > 20th century. California > Economic policy > 20th century. Environmental policy > California. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: business interests, special interests, and the public interest
Oil and water : the public and the private on southern California beaches, 1920-1950
Influence through cooperation : the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and air pollution control in Los Angeles, 1943-1954
Flood control and political exclusion at Whittier Narrows, 1938-1948
Private power at Hoover dam : utilities, government power, and political realism, 1920-1928
The triumph of localism : the rejection of national water planning in 1950
Conclusion : small government and big business in the mid-twentieth century.