A People's History of SFO : The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport /

An illuminating profile of the San Francisco Bay Area, and its regional and global influence, as seen from the focal point of San Francisco International Airport (SFO).A People's History of SFO uses the history of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to tell a multifaceted story of develop...

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Autor principal: Porter, Eric (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2023]
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).
aircraft.
airport.
aviation.
bay area.
boeing.
california.
climate crisis.
colonial.
construction.
consumer.
cross continental.
development.
flying.
global.
plane.
san francisco.
travel.
untold history.
west coast.
world wide.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Three Views of SFO
  • 1. Out of the Mud
  • 2. Making San Francisco Airport
  • 3. Of Fighting Planes and Flowers
  • 4. A Black Future in the Air Industry?
  • 5. The Politics of Jet Noise
  • 6. Differing Degrees of Welcome
  • 7. Sanctuary's Gateway
  • 8. Shoreline Futures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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