Floodpath the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th-century America and the making of modern Los Angeles
Examines how the controversial 1928 failure of the St. Francis Dam caused major geological changes that rendered Los Angeles one of America's largest cities and served as a lesson to human limitation.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
2016.
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| Summary: | Examines how the controversial 1928 failure of the St. Francis Dam caused major geological changes that rendered Los Angeles one of America's largest cities and served as a lesson to human limitation. |
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| Physical Description: | 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-310) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781620409152 (hardback) 1620409151 (hardback) |
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