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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815578703321

Autore

Booker Matthew Morse <1968->

Titolo

Down by the bay [[electronic resource] ] : San Francisco's history between the tides / / Matthew Morse Booker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013

ISBN

0-520-95148-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

979.4/61

Soggetti

Land use - California - San Francisco - History

Land use - California - San Francisco Bay Area - History

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

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

Human ecology - California - San Francisco - History

Human ecology - California - San Francisco Bay Area - History

San Francisco (Calif.) History

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) History

San Francisco (Calif.) Environmental conditions

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) 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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.