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History of San Diego, 1542-1908

By: William Ellsworth Smythe

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History of San Diego, 1542-1908

By: William Ellsworth Smythe

When writing this book the author had two objects prominently in mind. First of all, to make a faithful collection of all essential facts pertaining to the history of San Diego, from the day of its discovery by Europeans down to the time in which the author was living. In the second place, to save from oblivion the rich traditions which cluster about the life of Old San Diego, a place which has all but perished from the earth, yet which should ever possess an absorbing interest not only for those who dwell about the shores of San Diego Bay, but for all students of American history. One will hardly find another book on the history of San Diego that will prove more valuable, informative and entertaining than this volume.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849649458

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9783849649456

Water and Power

The Conflict over Los Angeles Water Supply in the Owens Valley

By: William L. Kahrl

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Water and Power

The Conflict over Los Angeles Water Supply in the Owens Valley

By: William L. Kahrl

It is not the purpose of this work to propose a specific format for the settlement of the city's current difficulties with the valley, to resolve the environmental questions associated with Los Angeles's proposed groundwater pumping program, or to promote any cause associated with the developing situation in the Owens Valley. But by performing the essential historical task of separating what happened from what did not, and by distinguishing in this way the choices which have been made from those which have yet to be decided, it is my hope that this effort will help to establish that common basis for understanding which is essential for the debate over specific issues to proceed most effectively. This book, then, is scarcely the last word on the Owens Valley conflict: the final chapter, after all, has yet to be written. The story that has emerged here is at once very different and more troubling than the conventional treatments of the conflict as a simplistic political morality play. Any attempt to deal with so controversial a subject, however, is almost certain to spark controversy itself. For that reason, with the exception of a small collection of private letters, this work is constructed entirely from the published documents and other materials available to the general public, anchoring the narrative in sources the reader can consult to trace the line of my argument on any point with which he or she may disagree. In addition, the work as a whole has been reviewed for technical accuracy by officials of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, although the department is in no way responsible for the content of this study or the conclusions drawn from it.

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Univ of California Press

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0520907418

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9780520907416

Imperial

By: William T. Vollmann

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Imperial

By: William T. Vollmann

From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border – a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For generations of migrant workers, Imperial Country has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. It sprawls across a stirring accidental sea, across the deserts, date groves and labor camps of Southeastern California, right across the border into Mexico. In this eye-opening book, William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, exploring polluted rivers and guarded factories and talking with everyone from Mexican migrant workers to border patrolmen. Teeming with patterns, facts, stories, people and hope, this is an epic study of an emblematic region.

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Penguin

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1101105151

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9781101105153

The Progressive Environmental Prometheans

Left-Wing Heralds of a “Good Anthropocene”

By: William B. Meyer

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The Progressive Environmental Prometheans

Left-Wing Heralds of a “Good Anthropocene”

By: William B. Meyer

This book is devoted to the exploration of environmental Prometheanism, the belief that human beings can and should master nature and remake it for the better. Meyer considers, among others, the question of why Prometheanism today is usually found on the political right while environmentalism is on the left. Chapters examine the works of leading Promethean thinkers of nineteenth and early and mid-twentieth century Britain, France, America, and Russia and how they tied their beliefs about the earth to a progressive, left-wing politics. Meyer reconstructs the logic of this “progressive Prometheanism” and the reasons it has vanished from the intellectual scene today. The Progressive Environmental Prometheans broadens the reader’s understanding of the history of the ideas behind Prometheanism. This book appeals to anyone with an interest in environmental politics, environmental history, global history, geography and Anthropocene studies.

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Springer

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3319292633

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9783319292632

Meeting the Moment

Inspiring Presidential Leadership that Transformed America

By: William Haldeman

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Meeting the Moment

Inspiring Presidential Leadership that Transformed America

By: William Haldeman

The histories presented here are of a select group of US presidents, their inspired leadership characteristics, and how they may inspire us today. The traits these presidents possessed were cultivated over a lifetime of lived experience and immortalized through the power of the presidential word—speeches, letters, and addresses—which collectively represent the most transcendent documents in American history. Viewed through the lens of nuance, complication, human emotion, pathos, and drama, William Haldeman sets forth the lives of these presidents in ways to help inform our own lives, from leveraging our experience and instincts to making the right calls when they matter the most. Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, Haldeman appeals to both scholars and general audience readers alike, offering a refreshing view of presidential leadership that not only elevates leadership as a central part of the scholarly field, but also broadly engages American presidency enthusiasts and readers of history, biography, politics, and leadership development.

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State University of New York Press

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9798855800203

Reclaiming the Arid West

The Career of Francis G. Newlands

By: William D. Rowley

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Reclaiming the Arid West

The Career of Francis G. Newlands

By: William D. Rowley

Widely noted for his role in the passage of the National Reclamation Act of 1902, Francis G. Newlands of Nevada was a champion of the growth of federal power in the modernization of America. One of the few liberal national Democrats at the beginning of the twentieth century, he is known as a key architect of the modern regulatory state. Newlands worked to irrigate the Nevada desert and other arid western states with nationally funded reclamation and dam-building projects. As a leading western Progressive, he supported national planning for the utilization of all the nation's water resources, the Progressive conservation cause espoused by Republican Theodore Roosevelt, and the supervision of private corporations by an enlarged and more powerful federal government. Yet he opposed Progressives on many issues, voicing suspicions about centralized banking, defending the right of private corporations to fair treatment by public regulatory agencies, even advocating the denial of suffrage to African Americans through the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. William Rowley's biography reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal. It is a fascinating story of American politics in a time of immense national change.

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Indiana University Press

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0253330025

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9780253330024

Salt Dreams

Land & Water in Low-down California

By: William DeBuys

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Salt Dreams

Land & Water in Low-down California

By: William DeBuys

A history of the Salton Sea, which has become a prophetic story of mounting environmental crises that impinge on the water supply of southern California's sixteen million people.

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UNM Press

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0826324282

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9780826324283

Railroad Crossing

Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910

By: William F. Deverell

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Railroad Crossing

Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910

By: William F. Deverell

Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. Railroad Crossing is the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California, and it illuminates the chaos that was industrial America from the middle of the nineteenth century through the first decade of the twentieth. Americans clamored for the progress and prosperity that railroads would surely bring, and no railroad was more crucial for California than the transcontinental line linking East to West. With Gold Rush prosperity fading, Californians looked to the railroad as the state's new savior. But social upheaval and economic disruption came down the tracks along with growth and opportunity. Analyzing the changes wrought by the railroad, William Deverell reveals the contradictory roles that technology and industrial capitalism played in the lives of Americans. That contrast was especially apparent in California, where the gigantic corporate "Octopus"—the Southern Pacific Railroad—held near-monopoly status. The state's largest employer and biggest corporation, the S.P. was a key provider of jobs and transportation—and wielder of tremendous political and financial clout. Deverell's lively study is peopled by a rich and disparate cast: railroad barons, newspaper editors, novelists, union activists, feminists, farmers, and the railroad workers themselves. Together, their lives reflect the many tensions—political, social, and economic—that accompanied the industrial transition of turn-of-the-century America.

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Univ of California Press

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0520917758

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9780520917750

Americans and Their Weather

Updated Edition

By: William B. Meyer

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Americans and Their Weather

Updated Edition

By: William B. Meyer

This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author William B. Meyer characterizes weather events as neutral phenomena that are inherently neither hazards nor resources, but can become either depending on the activities with which they interact. Meyer documents the ways in which different kinds of weather throughout history have represented hazards and resources not only for such exposed outdoor pursuits as agriculture, warfare, transportation, construction, and recreation, but for other realms of life ranging from manufacturing to migration to human health. He points out that while the weather and climate by themselves have never determined the course of human events, their significance as been continuously altered for better and for worse by the evolution of American life.

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310

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Oxford University Press

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0190212829

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9780190212827

My Recollections

Vol. I

By: William Lennox

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My Recollections

Vol. I

By: William Lennox

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368803492

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9783368803490

People and the Earth

Basic Issues in the Sustainability of Resources and Environment

By: John James William Rogers,P. Geoffrey Feiss

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People and the Earth

Basic Issues in the Sustainability of Resources and Environment

By: John James William Rogers,P. Geoffrey Feiss

This book discusses the basic components of human interaction with the earth, and speculates on what the future may hold.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521568722

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9780521568722

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History of San Diego, 1542-1908

History of San Diego, 1542-1908

Water and Power

Water and Power

Imperial

Imperial

The Progressive Environmental Prometheans

The Progressive Environmental Prometheans

Meeting the Moment

Meeting the Moment

Reclaiming the Arid West

Reclaiming the Arid West

Salt Dreams

Salt Dreams

Railroad Crossing

Railroad Crossing

Americans and Their Weather

Americans and Their Weather

My Recollections

My Recollections

People and the Earth

People and the Earth

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