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Prophesying through water : hydraulic visions and historical metaphors -- Imperial ironies : the dreams and realities of social irrigation -- Aqueduct cities : foundations of urban empire -- From Oz to Oildorado : the rise of Los Angeles in the 1920s -- Boosting Babylon : planning, development, and ballyhoo in jazz-age Los Angeles -- The people of the city : oligarchs, babbitts, and folks -- USC, electricity, music, and cops : the emergence of institutional Los Angeles -- Designs for living : architecture in southern California, from the Bradbury Building to the Watts Towers -- Anacapa and…
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4 editions- Audiobook · English · 2000Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736656481
- Audiobook · English · 2000Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736656641
- Other · English · 1991Oxford University Press, USA · 496 pages · 9780195072600
- Other · English · 1990Oxford University Press · 453 pages · 9780195044874
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