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Autore: |
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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Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina: | 979.4/61 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | San Francisco (Calif.) History |
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) History | |
San Francisco (Calif.) Environmental conditions | |
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) Environmental conditions | |
Soggetto non controllato: | american west |
bayshore | |
california ecology | |
california environment | |
california history | |
cities and environment | |
climate change | |
conservation and development | |
ecological historians | |
ecology and climate change | |
environment conservation | |
environmental history | |
environmental protection | |
environmentalism | |
global warming | |
going green | |
history of san francisco | |
nature conservation | |
pacific coast | |
san francisco estuary | |
san francisco tidelands | |
urban development and environment | |
us history | |
westward expansion | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Down by the bay ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-520-95148-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786385503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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