1930s
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allen ginsberg
americana
Author_Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration
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bay area
bret harte
california
california history
Category1=Non-Fiction
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Category=NHK
Category=WQH
city life
coast
COP=United States
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famous landmarks
golden gate bridge
great depression
historic buildings
interwar period
jade snow wong
kenneth rexroth
Language_English
nonfiction
PA=Available
politics
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
san francisco
san francisco history
softlaunch
transamerica building
travel
united states
urban
wpa
Product details
- ISBN 9780520268807
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 05 Apr 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'San Francisco has no single landmark by which the world may identify it,' according to "San Francisco in the 1930s," originally published in 1940. This would surely come as a surprise to the millions who know and love the Golden Gate Bridge or recognize the Transamerica Building's pyramid. This invaluable Depression-era guide to San Francisco relates the city's history from the vantage point of the 1930s, describing its culture and highlighting the important tourist attractions of the time. David Kipen's lively introduction revisits the city's literary heritage - from Bret Harte to Kenneth Rexroth, Jade Snow Wong, and Allen Ginsberg - as well as its most famous landmarks and historic buildings. This rich and evocative volume, resonant with portraits of neighborhoods and districts, allows us a unique opportunity to travel back in time and savor the City by the Bay as it used to be.
The Federal Writers Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) not only provided jobs and income to writers during the Depression, it created for America an astounding series of detailed and richly evocative guides, recounting the stories and histories of the 48 states (plus Alaska Territory and Puerto Rico) and many of the country's major cities. David Kipen served for five years as Director of Literature at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he led the Big Read initiative, and for seven years as book editor and book critic of the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History and translator of Cervantes' The Dialogue of the Dogs.
