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Imperial San Francisco : Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, With a New Preface.
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 t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2006.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.