Event Detail

ICW Presents “A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth”: A Discussion with James Tejani

Friday, April 04, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Cost: Free with reservation

Sponsor: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

For more information call: 626-405-2100

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Join ICW for a webinar with James Tejani, who will discuss his book about the history of the Los Angeles Port, charting its rise out of the mud and salt marsh of San Pedro and showing how the port is the story of modern, globalized America itself. Interweaving the natural history of San Pedro into this all-too-human history, Tejani will share how a wild coast was made into the engine of American power during a discussion with Elizabeth Logan. About the Speaker - James Tejani is an associate professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. After growing up in Long Beach, he studied at the University of California, San Diego, and Columbia University. His writings have appeared in Western Historical Quarterly, Southern California Quarterly, Dispatches Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. His debut book, A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth, was published by W. W. Norton in July 2024.