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Left in the dust : how race and politics created a human and environmental tragedy in L.A. / Karen Piper.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piper, Karen Lynnea, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dust control--California--Los Angeles.
- Dust control.
- Water-supply--California--Los Angeles.
- Water-supply.
- Paiute Indians.
- Water diversion--Environmental aspects.
- Water diversion.
- 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.
- California.
- Race relations.
- California--Owens Lake Region (Inyo County).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 223 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- 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".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-214) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1403969310
- OCLC:
- 60826690
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403969316
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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