Smogtown
Subtitle: the lung-burning history of pollution in Los Angeles
By: Chip Jacobs & William J. Kelly
Contributors: Kelly, William J., 1953-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Overlook Press; Overlook Prress
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781585678600
Subjects: Air Pollution; Environmental Remediation; Air; Environmental conditions; Smog; History; Pollution; History, 20th Century
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: State of siege; title: Paradise obscured; title: Dutchman over the Pacific; title: L.A. against the world; title: Campus life at smog state U.; title: Roadtrap; title: Bouffants & stethoscopes; title: The people's revolt; title: Brown vs. brown; title: The wizard of ozone; title: Searching for perpetual motion; title: He got the goldmine, they got the shaft; title: Action heroes?; title: Epilogue: Conjuring Haagy's ghost.