Chris Carlsson

Hidden San Francisco

A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The 'alt' guidebook to San Francisco, complete with walking and cycling routes

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780745350905
• ISBN-10: 0745350909
• Artikelnr.: 71809542

Autorenporträt

Chris Carlsson is a San Francisco historian and award-winning tour guide. He directs 'Shaping San Francisco' - an impressive archive of local history, and co-founded the urban cycling movement Critical Mass in 1992. He is the author of four books, including novels and histories about the city. He has lived in San Francisco since 1978.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction to the Second Edition
1. Openers
2. Turning Shorelines, Wetlands, Creeks, Sand, and Hills into a City
3. Whatever Happened to the Eight-Hour Day?
4. Trails, Sails, Rails, and Wheels
5. Dissenters and Demonstrations, Radicals and Repression
Appendix
Shaping San Francisco Tour Itineraries [including new tour itineraries]
Bibliography
Index

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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