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Title
The Problem and Promise of the Los Angeles River
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
4-5-2014
Disciplines
Environmental Policy | Poetry | Urban Studies and Planning
Abstract
William Deverell, Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the USC-Huntington Institute on California and the West gives a history of the L.A. River from Native-American to Spanish colonial, Mexican, and U.S. periods until the Olmsted-Bartholomew L.A. Regional Park Plan of 1930.
DOI
10.5642/lar/2014.05
Rights Information
© 2014 William Deverell
Recommended Citation
Deverell, William, "The Problem and Promise of the Los Angeles River" (2014). The L.A. River: Past, Present, Future. 5.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/lariver_conference/5
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Comments
This presentation was part of The L.A. River: Past, Present, Future: A conference funded by the Mellon Elemental Arts Grant held at Pomona College, Smith Campus Center, Rose Hills Theatre. Deverell is introduced by George Gorse, Viola Horton Professor of Art History at Pomona College and conference organizer