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024 3 $a9781403969316
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050 00 $aTD884.5$b.P53 2006
082 00 $a333.91/137/0979488$222
100 1 $aPiper, Karen Lynnea,$d1965-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97011897
245 10 $aLeft in the dust :$bhow race and politics created a human and environmental tragedy in L.A. /$cKaren Piper.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2006.
300 $axii, 223 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-214) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tEsprit de Corps at the Department of Water and Power -- $g2.$tManufacturing whiteness -- $g3.$tThe Department of Water and Power vs. the Paiutes -- $g4.$t"We ate the dust" : Manzanar -- $g5.$tControl measures -- $g6.$t"There it is, fix it"
520 1 $a"A personal story crossed with a political potboiler, Left in the Dust is an account of the City of Los Angeles's creation of, cover-up of, 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 dust saturated with toxic heavy metals, which are blown from the lake and inhaled by unsuspecting citizens throughout the West, causing major health problems. Karen Piper, one of the victims who grew up breathing that dust, reveals the truth behind this tragedy and examines how waste and pollution are often neglected to encourage urban growth, while poor, nonwhite, and rural areas are forgotten or sacrificed." "The cost of fixing environmental disasters like Owens Lake and now the Salton Sea is threatening to bankrupt Southern California." "The water systems that once allowed for urban development in the early twentieth century, generating optimism and a sense of national pride, are now at risk or are already crumbling and causing major environmental hazards throughout the nation."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDust control$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles.
650 0 $aWater-supply$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118369
650 0 $aWater diversion$xEnvironmental aspects$zCalifornia$zOwens Lake Region (Inyo County)
650 0 $aPaiute Indians$zCalifornia$zOwens Lake Region (Inyo County)$xGovernment relations.
651 0 $aCalifornia$xRace relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119259
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005051253-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005051253-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005051253-t.html
852 00 $boff,leh$hTD884.5$i.P53 2006