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Imperial San Francisco : urban power, earthly ruin : with a new preface /
This 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...
| 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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| Colección: | California studies in critical human geography ;
3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The pyramid of mining
- Water mains and bloodlines
- The Scott brothers : arms and the Overland Monthly
- The De Youngs : society invents itself
- The Hearsts : racial supremacy and the digestion of "all Mexico"
- Toward limitless energy
- The university, the gate, and "the gadget."