Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little-known chapter in the city's his

An fascinating history of flood control efforts in Los Angeles from the 1870s to the present, showing how engineering has continually failed to contain nature.

Winner of the 2021 California Book Award (Californiana category) A brilliant California history, in word and image, from an award-winning historian and a docume

The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses th

Interrogates the connections between a city’s physical landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often concentrated at its literal lowest points.