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WILLIAM DEVERELL - DIRECTOR, HUNTINGTON-USC INSTITUTE ON CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST

William Deverell, Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
William Deverell, Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
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Nostalgia
The Desire to Control Nature
Overfilling the Basin
Losing Regional Distinction
Transitions
Transitions of Land Use
Shifts in Land Use
Bourgeoise Artist Fetishes

William Deverell is the director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. Deverell is the author of numerous studies on the 19th and 20th century American West and his recent publications include; Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past, and Land of Sunshine: The Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Deverell contributes his historical expertise to various chapters in Departures: Highland Park that involve land use, property rights, population shifts and ethnic ownership of a region.

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