Berkeley : a city in history /

"The Railroad Age, The Depression, World War II, The Atomic Age, The Sixties-these periods shaped and were in turn shaped by Berkeley, California-a city that has had a remarkable influence given its modest size. This concise book, the only up-to-date history of Berkeley, is a rich chronicle con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wollenberg, Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Temas:
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Social conditions
Berkeley (Calif.) > History.
Berkeley (Calif.) > Social conditions.
California > Berkeley.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • 1. First Settlers
  • 2. A Tale of Two Towns
  • 3. Enter the Octopus
  • 4. Urbanization
  • 5. A Special Place
  • 6. Boom and Bust
  • 7. World War II Watershed
  • 8. A Kind of Peace
  • 9. The Heritage of the Sixties
  • 10. Berkeley in an Age of Inequality
  • Plates: Images from the Berkeley Public Library
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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