1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004079100403321

Autore

Istituto internazionale di storia economica Francesco Datini

Titolo

Alimentazione e nutrizione secc. 13.-18. : atti della ventottesima Settimana di studi, 22-27 aprile 1996 / a cura di Simonetta Cavaciocchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Le Monnier, 1997

ISBN

88-00-72228-8

Descrizione fisica

942 p. ; 25 cm

Collana

Istituto internazionale di storia economica F. Datini, Prato . Ser. 2 , Atti delle settimane di studio e altri convegni ; 28

Disciplina

394.12

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

394.12 CONV PRATO 1996

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457612803321

Autore

Brechin Gray A

Titolo

Imperial San Francisco [[electronic resource] ] : urban power, earthly ruin : with a new preface / / Gray Brechin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-29172-X

9786613291721

0-520-93348-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

California studies in critical human geography ; ; 3

Disciplina

979.4/6

Soggetti

Elite (Social sciences) - California - San Francisco Bay Area - History

Nature - Effect of human beings on - California - San Francisco Bay Area - History

Nature - Effect of human beings on - Pacific Area - History

Human ecology - California - San Francisco Bay Area - History

Land use - California - San Francisco Bay Area - History

Electronic books.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Biography

San Francisco (Calif.) Biography

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Environmental conditions

Pacific Area Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface To The 2007 Edition -- Preface To The First Edition: The Urban Maelstrom -- Introduction: New Romes For A New World -- 1. The Pyramid Of Mining -- 2. Water Mains And Bloodlines -- 3. The Scott Brothers: Arms And The Overland Monthly -- 4. The De Youngs: Society Invents Itself -- 5· The Hearsts: Racial Supremacy And The Digestion Of "All Mexico" -- 6. Toward Limitless Energy -- 7· The University, The Gate, And "The Gadget" -- Notes -- A Note On Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1999, this celebrated 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 by Gray Brechin is one of greed and ambition on an epic scale. Brechin arrives at a new way of understanding urban history as he traces the connections between environment, economy, and technology and discovers links that led, ultimately, to the creation of the atomic bomb and the nuclear arms race. In a new preface, Brechin considers the vulnerability of cities in the post-9/11 twenty-first century.