Chris Carlsson

Hidden San Francisco (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes and Radical Histories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

San Francisco is an iconic and symbolic city. But only when you look beyond the picture-postcards of the Golden Gate Bridge and the quaint cable cars do you realise that the city's most interesting stories are not the Summer of Love, the Beats or even the latest gold rush in Silicon Valley.*BR**BR*Hidden San Francisco is a guidebook like no other. Structured around the four major themes of ecology, labour, transit and dissent, Chris Carlsson peels back the layers of San Francisco's history to reveal a storied past: behind old walls and gleaming glass facades lurk former industries, secret music and poetry venues, forgotten terrorist bombings, and much more. Carlsson delves into the Bay Area's long prehistory as well, examining the region's geography and the lives of its inhabitants before the 1849 Gold Rush changed everything, setting in motion the clash between capital and labour that shaped the modern city.*BR**BR*From the perspective of the students and secretaries, longshoremen and waitresses, Hidden San Francisco uncovers dozens of overlooked, forgotten and buried histories that pulse through the streets and hills even today, inviting the reader to see themselves in the middle of the ongoing, everyday process of making history together.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786806130
• Artikelnr.: 58679929

Autorenporträt

Chris Carlsson is a writer, San Francisco historian, tour guide, photographer, and occasional college professor. He conducts award-winning bicycle and walking tours of San Francisco history every year, and he is co-founder and co-director of Shaping San Francisco.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface1. Openers2. Turning Shorelines, Wetlands, Creeks, Sand and Hills into a City3. Whatever Happened to the 8-hour Day?4. Trails, Sails, Rails, and Wheels5. Dissenters and Demonstrations, Radicals and RepressionAppendices