The Transformation of San Francisco
Author: Chester W. Hartman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 416
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Imperial San Francisco
Author: Gray Brechin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2006-10-03
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780520250086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK""Imperial San Francisco" provides a myth-shattering interpretation of the hidden costs that the growth of San Francisco has exacted on its surrounding regions, presenting along the way a revolutionary new theory of urban development".--"Palo Alto Daily News". 86 photos.
Made in California
Author: Stephanie Barron
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 0520227654
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Made in California is divided into five twenty-year sections, each including a narrative essay discussing the history of that era and highlighting topics relevant to its visual culture."--BOOK JACKET.
United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 886
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor (Classic Reprint)
Author: Russell H. Conwell
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Published: 2018-03-17
Total Pages: 233
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor The author cannot do less than acknowledge, in this place, his great obligations to the father and mother of Mr. Taylor, to Mrs. Annie Carey, his sister, and to Dr. Franklin Taylor, his cousin, for their generous courtesy and most important assistance in gathering the facts for this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue of Books Added to the Mercantile Library of San Francisco, from February 1, 1874, to September 1, 1875
Author: Mercantile Library Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
Publisher:
Published: 1875
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Search of Equality
Author: Charles J. McClain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0520205146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWashburn, the California Supreme Court nullified a law imposing an onerous tax only on Chinese immigrants and aimed at discouraging Chinese immigration. An 1885 lawsuit by Joseph Tape, a Chinese parent, challenging the exclusion of Chinese children from the public schools, led to an order admitting his child. An 1890 measure attempted to remove San Francisco's Chinese residents from Chinatown and ghettoize them in a less desirable part of the city - the first attempt by an American municipality to segregate its inhabitants on the basis of race. Ten years later, after the discovery of suspected cases of bubonic plague in Chinatown, an attempt was made to force the Chinese to be inoculated with an experimental antiplague vaccine. These measures, too, were challenged by the Chinese and eventually struck down in the courts.
Catalogue of Books Added to the Mercantile Library of San Francisco
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-10-14
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 3385206480
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake Centennial Field Guides
Author: Carol S. Prentice
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 0813700078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe twenty field trip guides in this volume represent the work of earthquake professionals from the earth science, engineering, and emergency management communities. The guides were developed to cross the boundaries between these professions, and thus reflect this diversity: trips focus on the built environment, the effects of the 1906 earthquake, the San Andreas fault, and other active faults in northern California.
Destroy the Copy – Plaster Cast Collections in the 19th–20th Centuries
Author: Annetta Alexandridis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2022-09-06
Total Pages: 667
ISBN-13: 3110757990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on two international conferences held at Cornell University and the Freie Universität of Berlin in 2010 and 2015, this volume is the first ever to explicitly address the destruction of plaster cast collections of ancient Mediterranean and Western sculpture. Focusing on Europe, the Americas, and Japan, art historians, archaeologists and a literary scholar discuss how different museum and academic traditions – national as well as disciplinary –, notions of value and authenticity, or colonialism impacted the fate of collections. The texts offer detailed documentation of degrees of destruction by spectacular acts of defacement, demolition, discarding, or neglect. They also shed light on the accompanying discourses regarding aesthetic ideals, political ideologies, educational and scholarly practices, or race. With destruction being understood as a critical part of reception, the histories of cast collections defy the traditional, homogenous narrative of rise and decline. Their diverse histories provide critical evidence for rethinking the use and display of plaster cast collections in the contemporary moment.
