Greetings from the Salton Sea : folly and intervention in the southern California landscape, 1905-2005 / Kim Stringfellow.

Main entry:

Stringfellow, Kim, 1963- author, photographer.

Title & Author:

Greetings from the Salton Sea : folly and intervention in the southern California landscape, 1905-2005 / Kim Stringfellow.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication:

Chicago : Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, 2011.
©2011

Description:

141 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- A brief history -- Folly, intervention, and the future -- Afterword -- The plates -- Notes on the text -- Notes on the plates.

Summary:

The Salton Sea is a man-made catastrophe, redolent with the smell of algae and decomposing fish. Nevertheless, the lake's vast, placid expanses continue to attract birdwatchers, tourists and artists. In Greetings from the Salton Sea, photographer Kim Stringfellow explores the history of California's largest lake from its disastrous beginnings--the "sea" was formed when Colorado River levees broke and spilled into a depression 280 feet below sea level--to its heyday as a desert paradise in the 1950s and its current state as an environmental battleground.

ISBN:

9781935195320 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1935195328 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Human ecology California Salton Sea.
Nature Effect of human beings on California Salton Sea.
Landscape changes California Salton Sea.
Environmental degradation California Salton Sea.
Écologie humaine Californie Salton, Lac.
Êtres humains Influence sur la nature Californie Salton, Lac.
Paysages Modifications Californie Salton, Lac.
Environnement Dégradation Californie Salton, Lac.
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Human ecology
Landscape changes
Nature Effect of human beings on
Écologie humaine États-Unis Salton Sea (États-Unis) Photographies.
Gestion des écosystèmes États-Unis Salton Sea (États-Unis) Photographies.
Pollution de l'environnement États-Unis Salton Sea (États-Unis) Photographies.
Salton Sea (Calif.) History.
Salton Sea (Calif.) Environmental conditions.
Salton, Lac (Calif.) Histoire.
Salton, Lac (Calif.) Conditions environnementales.
California Salton Sea
Salton Sea (États-Unis) Utilisation pour les loisirs Photographies.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275017
Call No.: GF504.C2 S75 2011
Status: Available

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