Smogtown : the lung-burning history of pollution in Los Angeles
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
History
384 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
9781585678600, 1585678600
223800867
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