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Author:

Elkind, Sarah S., 1963-

Title:

How local politics shape federal policy : business, power, and the environment in twentieth-century Los Angeles / Sarah S. Elkind.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

California--Economic policy--20th century.
California--Politics and government--20th century.
Environmental policy--California.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: business interests, special interests, and the public interest -- Oil and water : the public and the private on southern California beaches, 1920-1950 -- Influence through cooperation : the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and air pollution control in Los Angeles, 1943-1954 -- Flood control and political exclusion at Whittier Narrows, 1938-1948 -- Private power at Hoover dam : utilities, government power, and political realism, 1920-1928 -- The triumph of localism : the rejection of national water planning in 1950 -- Conclusion : small government and big business in the mid-twentieth century.

Series:

The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state

ISBN:

0807834890 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807834893 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)696318383

LCCN:

2010052561

Locations:

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (University of Iowa) (Iowa City)