Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley -- Los Angeles Water Controversy. By Abraham Hoffman. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1981. Number 3: Environmental History Series. xix + 256 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $18.50.)

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-100
Author(s):  
N. M. Blake
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Owens Valley ◽  
College Station

Wrestling with “Half Gods”: Biblical Discourse in Mary Austin’s The Ford

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-668
Author(s):  
John Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Water Transfer ◽  
Owens Valley ◽  
Biblical Narratives ◽  
And Gender

Mary Austin’s novel The Ford recounts the water transfer from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles in the early twentieth century. Previous critical analysis of the text has focused on its vision of regional development and its concern with gender roles, while largely ignoring the novel’s extensive use of biblical narratives and symbolism. In this article I examine Austin’s use of these narratives, in particular the story of Jacob’s wrestling with God, in order to better understand the racial and gender diversity that complicates the protagonist’s coming of age.

scholarly journals Camera Obscura

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
William Fox
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Surface Mining ◽  
Owens Valley ◽  
Camera Obscura ◽  
Original Source ◽  
Ansel Adams

This article explores the work of several photographers, including Ansel Adams, Michael Light, Robert Dawson, Lauren Bon, and David Maisel, who have turned their lens to capture the landscape of the area through which the Los Angeles Aqueduct flows. By exploring ecological issues surrounding the surface mining of the Owens Valley, the original source of the aqueduct, the article emphasizes the material and metaphorical resonances between the aqueduct and the practice of photography.

Water and Power: The Conflict over Los Angeles' Water Supply in the Owens Valley

1983 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Hoffman ◽  
William L. Kahrl
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Owens Valley
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