In the artificial landscape that is contemporary Los Angeles, Gumprecht observes, perhaps nothing symbolizes the role of human beings in changing the face of the earth more than the exploitation and transformation of the Los Angeles River. Modified beyond recognition, its flow tapped before it even reached the surface, the river was used, abused, and forgotten. In recent years, however, there has been a growing interest in revitalizing its course - part of an expanding worldwide movement to revive urban rivers. The new attention that is being paid to the river highlights the need for a more complete telling of its history. The Los Angeles River offers the first comprehensive account of a river that helped give birth to one of the world's great cities, significantly shaped its development, and promises to play a key role in its future.
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Features Nonportable material remains such as building foundations , wells , graves , and landscaping elements are referred to as features . Archaeologists give special attention to features because they are so highly informative about ...
... Eric Foner, Ella Laffey, John Laffey, Sidney W. Mintz, Brenda Meehan-Waters, Jesse T. Moore, Willie Lee Rose, John F. Szwed, Bennett H. Wall, Michael Wallace, John Waters, Jonathan Weiner, Peter H. Wood, and Harold D. Woodman.
One later law did return to the theme of interracial sex and , in doing so , projected and interlinked concerns about the perceived vulnerability of white females and the imagined predatory nature of black males .
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A moment-by-moment account of the 1906 earthquake and the fire that followed it, using new source material and many eyewitness reports.
"The Grand Excursion of 1854 celebrated the opportunities created when the railroad reached the banks of the Upper Mississippi River. Curtis and Elizabeth Roseman remind us of this significant connection and how it has influenced, ...
Journal of a Visit to the Georgia Islands is a record of that trip, and although unsigned, internal evidence points directly to prominent Georgia entrepreneur Jonathan Bryan (1708-1788) as the author.
1986年洛杉磯中央圖書館,疑似遭到縱火,100萬本藏書付之一炬,是史上最嚴重的圖書館火災之一,且懸案至今未破。三十多年後,《紐約客》知名記者和《紐約時報》暢銷書作家蘇 ...