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Smogtown : the lung-burning history of pollution in Los Angeles / Chip Jacobs & William J. Kelly.

Title: Smogtown : the lung-burning history of pollution in Los Angeles / Chip Jacobs & William J. Kelly.
Author: Jacobs, Chip
Publication: Woodstock : Overlook Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Kelly, William J., 1953-

Description

384 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons barraging their hometowns. With wit, verve, and a fresh look at history, Los Angeles-based journalists Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly highlight the bold personalities involved, the corporate-tainted science, the terrifying health costs, the attempts at cleanup, and how the smog battle helped mold the modern-day culture of Los Angeles.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-375) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

State of siege -- Paradise obscured -- Dutchman over the Pacific -- L.A. against the world -- Campus life at smog state U. -- Roadtrap -- Bouffants & stethoscopes -- The people's revolt -- Brown vs. Brown -- The wizard of ozone -- Searching for perpetual motion -- He got the goldmine, they got the shaft -- Action heroes? -- Epilogue: Conjuring Haagy's ghost.

ISBN

9781585678600
1585678600

OCLC

223800867

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library