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Sand rush : the revival of the beach in twentieth-century Los Angeles /

"The Los Angeles shoreline is one of the most iconic natural landscapes in the world. Yet, how natural is it? And how did it come to embody the quintessential modern beach experience? In the early 20th-century, Angelenos routinely lamented the city's crowded, polluted, and eroded shores an...

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Main Author: Devienne, Elsa (Author)
Other Authors: Price, Jenny (writer of foreword.), Tice, Troy (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Edition:English language edition.
Subjects:
Bathing beaches > Government policy > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Bathing beaches > Environmental aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Urban renewal > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
City planning > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Plages > Aspect de l'environnement > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Plages > Politique gouvernementale > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
History of the Americas.
History.
Los Angeles, Southern California, LA, beach, environmental history, California beach culture, erosion, beach body, engineers, Hollywood
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Call Number: F869.L857 D4813 2024
 
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