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Author Jacobs, Chip.

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

Publication Info. Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.7392 J15    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 384 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-375) and index.
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.
Subject Air -- Pollution -- history -- Los Angeles.
Smog -- Los Angeles.
History, 20th Century -- Los Angeles.
Smog -- California -- Los Angeles.
Air -- Pollution -- California -- Los Angeles.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions.
Added Author Kelly, William J., 1953-
ISBN 9781585678600
1585678600
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