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Booker Matthew Morse <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Down by the bay [[electronic resource] ] : San Francisco's history between the tides / / Matthew Morse Booker |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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