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Down by the bay : San Francisco's history between the tides / Matthew Morse Booker.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Booker, Matthew Morse, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land use--California--San Francisco--History.
- Land use.
- Land use--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--California--San Francisco--History.
- Nature.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History.
- Human ecology--California--San Francisco--History.
- Human ecology.
- Human ecology--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--History.
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Environmental conditions.
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban settlements in the American West. Focusing on human inhabitation of the Bay since Ohlone times, Down by the Bay reveals the ongoing role of nature in shaping that history. From birds to oyster pirates, from gold miners to farmers, from salt ponds to ports, this is the first history of the San Francisco Bay and Delta as both a human and natural landscape. It offers invaluable context for current discussions over the best management and use of the Bay in the face of sea level rise.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION. Layers of History
- ONE. Rising Tide
- TWO. Ghost Tidelands
- THREE. Reclaiming the Delta
- FOUR. An Edible Bay
- FIVE. From Real Estate to Refuge
- CONCLUSION. Rising Tides?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-520-95148-4
- OCLC:
- 841908796
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