Paving the Past: The Los Angeles River as Flood Control Device (Dames Lecture)
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William Deverell explores the history of the Los Angeles River and investigates the ways in which large-scale environmental projects such as cementing a river can inevitably reveal much about regional culture and identity. Deverell is professor of history at USC and the director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He delivered the 2012–13 Dames Lecture at The Huntington.
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