Format:
Online-Ressource (440 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9780520250086
Content:
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 atomi
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface to the 2007 Edition; Preface to the First Edition: The Urban Maelstrom; Introduction: New Romes for a New World; PART ONE Foundations of Dominion; ONE The Pyramid of Mining; TWO Water Mains and Bloodlines; PART TWO The Thought Shapers; THREE The Scott Brothers; FOUR The De Youngs; FIVE The Hearsts; PART THREE Remote Control; SIX Toward Limitless Energy; SEVEN The University, the Gate, and "the Gadget"; Notes; A Note on Sources; Select Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520933484
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520250086
Additional Edition:
Print version Imperial San Francisco : Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, With a New Preface
Language:
English
Keywords:
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