Title Imperial San Francisco : urban power, earthly ruin / Gray Brechin

Edition New edition Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description xxxiv, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Series California studies in critical human geography ; 3 California studies in critical human geography ; 3 Contents Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2006 Edition -- Preface to the First Edition: The Urban Maelstrom -- Introduction: New Romes for a New World -- Part I: Foundations of Dominion -- 1. The Pyramid of Mining -- 2. Water Mains and Bloodlines -- Part II: The Thought Shapers -- 3. The Scott Brothers: Arms and the Overland Mutiny -- 4. The De Youngs: Society Invents Itself -- 5. The Hearsts: Racial Supremacy and the Digestion of "All Mexico" -- Part III: Remote Control -- 6. Toward Limitless Energy -- 7. The University, the Gate, and "the Gadget" -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Index Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Repr. with a new pref .-- Originally published: 1999 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-388) and index Notes Also available online (Table of contents) Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History. Human ecology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History. Land use -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Pacific Area -- History. SUBJECT Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Environmental conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384 San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112028 San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117096 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117096 -- Environmental conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 2006044495 ISBN 0520250087 (paperback) 9780520250086 (paperback)

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