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Excerpt from The Industries of San Francisco: Her Rank, Resources, Advantages, Trade, Commerce Manufactures, Conditions of the Past, Present and Future, Representative Industrial Institutions, Historical, Descriptive, and Statistical Considered according to size and population, the ten leading cities of the United States rank as follows: New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The four great sea-ports are New York, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco. The youngest, and in many respects the most remarkable of all these great cities is San Francisco, the metropolis of California, and The Athens Of The Pacific Coast. It is picturesquely situated on the western shore of the Bay of San Francisco, whence it derives its name, at the base of high hills, in a plain gently inclined toward the bay. The city is about six miles in width and occupies the northern end of a peninsula, thirty miles in length, with the Bay of San Francisco on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Built on a sandy soil, the city is regularly laid out, and the streets cross one another, with few exceptions, at right angles. Formerly there was a cove a mile wide in front of the city, and extending half a mile into the land. Clark's Point was on the northern side of this cove; Rincon Point, on the southern side. The water along the front line of the cove was forty feet deep, and around its edges were mud flats, which were bare at low tide. The sand ridges have since been cut away, the hills cut down, and the cove filled with earth, and where large ships rode at anchor in early times, are now paved streets. Telegraph Hill, 294 feet high, lies in the northeast corner of the city, and Rincon Hill, 120 feet high, in the southeast corner. Russian Hill, 360 feet in height, is situated in the western section of the city, which lies mainly within the amphitheater formed by these hills. The history of San Francisco is replete with incidents romantic and dramatic. It begins with the settlement by the Spanish of the obscure village of Yerba Buena (good herb), in 1835, under which name it was known until January 30, 1847, when it was changed by an act of the Ayuntamiento, or town council, to San Francisco. 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.
The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today Science, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government’s responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Bush’s vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world’s most productive scientific enterprise. Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science’s very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report’s legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public’s ability to cope with today’s issues—such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society—requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute. Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science’s value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.
The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.
'Natural Resources: Neither Course nor Destiny' brings together a variety of analytical perspectives, ranging from econometric analyses of economic growth to historical studies of successful development experiences in countries with abundant natural resources. The evidence suggests that natural resources are neither a curse nor destiny. Natural resources can actually spur economic development when combined with the accumulation of knowledge for economic innovation. Furthermore, natural resource abundance need not be the only determinant of the structure of trade in developing countries. In fact, the accumulation of knowledge, infrastructure, and the quality of governance all seem to determine not only what countries produce and export, but also how firms and workers produce any good.
