(Download) Left in the Dust: How Race and Politics Created a Human and Environmental Tragedy in L.A.
☆ Karen Piper ☆
| #2852021 in Books | 2006-07-25 | 2006-07-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.59 x.90 x5.65l,.88 | File Name: 1403969310 | 240 pages
||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Lost in the dust|By R. E. Zartman|The author addresses an important issue in the book. In addition to the dust problems cited, there certainly is a problem in the Aral Sea and to some degree even the Dead Sea. This will be an increasing problem of "who gets the water?"
While I am in sympathy with the author's concerns, I was very disappointed in the lack of fact c|From Publishers Weekly|The story of how L.A. diverted the Owens River more than 90 years ago—draining a lake and leaving behind a toxic dust bowl—is one that English professor Piper (Cartographic Fictions) takes personally. She grew up breath
An intensely personal story crossed with a political potboiler, Left in the Dust is a unique and passionate account of the city of Los Angeles's creation, cover-up and inadequate attempts to repair a major environmental catastrophe. Owens River, which once fed Owens Lake, was diverted away from the lake to supply the faucets and sprinklers of Los Angeles. The dry lakebed now contains a dust saturated with toxic heavy metals, which are blown from the lake and i...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Left in the Dust: How Race and Politics Created a Human and Environmental Tragedy in L.A. | Karen Piper.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
