Imperial San Francisco, With a New Preface
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bay area
biography
cali
california dream
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de youngs
early exploitation
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for history lovers
hearst
history
history of san fran
humans and climate
real history of san fran
san francisco
sf
sf land
silicon valley
spreckelses
urban history
west coast environment
what really happened in california
Product details
- ISBN 9780520250086
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Oct 2006
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1999, this celebrated history of San Francisco traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent families - the Hearsts, de Youngs, Spreckelses, and others - who gained power through mining, ranching, water and energy, transportation, real estate, weapons, and the mass media. The story uncovered by Gray Brechin is one of greed and ambition on an epic scale. Brechin arrives at a new way of understanding urban history as he traces the connections between environment, economy, and technology and discovers links that led, ultimately, to the creation of the atomic bomb and the nuclear arms race. In a new preface, Brechin considers the vulnerability of cities in the post-9/11 twenty-first century.
Gray Brechin has worked as a journalist and television producer and is coauthor of Farewell, Promised Land: Waking from the California Dream (UC Press).
