Published by University of California Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520229029 ISBN 13: 9780520229020
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Published by University of California Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0520250087 ISBN 13: 9780520250086
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Published by University of California Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520211243 ISBN 13: 9780520211247
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Published by University of California Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520215680 ISBN 13: 9780520215689
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Published by Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001, 2001
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
PAPERBACK, very good, little used if at all. BRECHIN, GRAY A. Imperial San Francisco: urban power, earthly ruin. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001, 1st prperback printing and 1st printing number line, xxvi, 402pp., . California studies in critical human geography, 3. - "For more than a century before the current enthusiasm for Pacific Rim trade, San Francisco's leaders strove to make the ocean their lake. In Imperial San Francisco, urban geographer Gray Brechin provides a visionary and myth-shattering reinterpretation not only of the city by the Golden Gate but of the process of urbanization itself, a saga that extends from the rise of ancient Rome to the founding of Washington to the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima." "Brechin maintains that "imperial" cities use advanced remote control technology to pull toward their centers the resources and energy of far-flung "empires" in order to raise the value of real estate. This process, founded on the extractive practice and ethos of mining, permits a few individuals and families to attain immense wealth and power at the expense of the city's hinterland and of succeeding generations." - CONTENTS: Preface: The Urban Maelstrom -- Introduction: New Romes for a New World -- Foundations of Dominion -- The Pyramid of Mining -- Mythologizing Mining -- The Invisible Pyramid -- California's Classical Precedent -- The Renaissance of Mining -- The Age of Discovery, Conquest, and Fugger -- De Re Metallica -- The James Marshall Myth -- A Promised Land Plundered -- Working the Frisco 'Change -- Ralston, His Ring, and the Comstock Lode -- The Sierra Nevada Flayed -- Halting Hydraulicking -- Mining Engineers as Heralds of Empire -- Deferred Costs -- Specious Denials -- Enduring Attitudes -- Transfer Technology -- Financial Districts as Inverted Minescapes -- Water Mains and Bloodlines -- Revealing Power -- A Shrine to Water -- Roman Aqueducts -- The Spring Valley Monopoly -- San Francisco Reclaims San Mateo County -- Hermann Schussler -- William Hammond Hall and the Thirst of Golden Gate Park -- Ralston's Last Gambit -- Sharon Rises on Ralston's Fall -- Francis Griffith Newlands -- Building Burlingame -- Phantom Capital -- The Greening of San Mateo County -- Phelan Discovers a Reservoir Site -- Enhancing Real Estate Values -- Los Angeles Lurches Ahead -- San Francisco Stalls -- None Other Than Hetch Hetchy -- Michael M. O'Shaughnessy -- A Debatable Masterpiece -- Hail, the Chief! -- The Thought Shapers -- The Scott Brothers: Arms and the Overland Monthly -- Commemorating the Soldiers of an Unnamed War -- San Francisco Bay as Pacific Launchpad -- The Union Iron Works -- The Overland Monthly -- Spanish-American War. 9780520229020 ISBN 0520229029.
Published by Distributed by Neues Pub. Co, 1990
ISBN 10: 091847115X ISBN 13: 9780918471154
Paperback. Condition: As New. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear to bottom page end, as new besides. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Published by University of California Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520211243 ISBN 13: 9780520211247
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Later Printing. A heartrending splendid book for all who love California.combining stunning photographic documentation of the trashing of the state with an eloquent, melancholy text that till offers guarded hopes for a green future.
Published by California Historical Society Press, San Francisco, 2003
ISBN 10: 1890771678 ISBN 13: 9781890771676
First Edition
Paperback. xii, 154p., 9x11 inches, profusely illustrated, very good oversized trade paperback in pictorial wraps.
Published by University of California Press., Berkeley., 2006
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 402 pps.
Published by University of California Press., Berkeley., 2001
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (very light shelf wear).
Published by University of California Press., Berkeley., 1999
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520215680 ISBN 13: 9780520215689
Seller: The Green Arcade, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book in fine condition; very slight bow to boards; otherwise, as new. Dust jacket in fine condition; three points of light rubbing bottom edge back cover and slight rubbing bottom of spine; otherwise, as new. INSCRIBED by author on title page. 402 pages. Burgundy cloth boards with gold stamped lettering on spine.9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. Inv. PA20 005. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by University of California 2001, 2001
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Published by University of California Press, California, 2001
Seller: Coast Market Books, Mermaid Beach, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, 2006
ISBN 10: 0520250087 ISBN 13: 9780520250086
Seller: The Green Arcade, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. In near fine condition; faint to moderate scuffing to wraps; slight rubbing tips of outside corners; light soiling outside edges of book; interior clean and bright; binding sound; spine non-creased. INSCRIBED by author to William Perry on title page, with words: "With admiration and gratitude for your efforts to change the track we are on before the train reaches the precipice." Brechin has written about Perry, former Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton and author of My Journey At the Nuclear Brink. 402 numbered pages. 9 x 6 in. Inv. PA36004. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Berkeley, Calif., London: Lowie Museum of Anthropology ; Scolar Press, 1983, 1983
ISBN 10: 0859676773 ISBN 13: 9780859676779
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Original wraps and dust-jacket. Dust-jacket spine faded, else fine. xv, 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21.5 x 35 cm.OCLC Number9111296.Written and published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, October 30, 1982 through December 31, 1983. Essays: The anthropology of world's fairs / Burton BenedictA twenty-five-million-dollar mirage / Marjorie M. DobkinSailing to Byzantium / Gray BrechinHercules and the muses / Elizabeth N. ArmstrongTruth unveiled / George Starr.
Published by U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520211243 ISBN 13: 9780520211247
Seller: Dela Duende Books, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED on title page by ROBERT DAWSON--signature only, and visible in photo. Back cover has two 1/4 inch marks near ISBN number, and a 1/4 inch bruise to top rear tip--both visible in photo of back cover. Top text block and endpapers have light foxing--visible in last photo. SECOND PRINTING--number line ends in 2--copyright page visible in photo. Signed by Author(s).
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999
Seller: virtualrarities, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First edition. Fine in Near Fine Pictorial Dust Jacket. An important, scholarly analysis of the history behind San Francisco's apparent rise to the status of Imperial City. This celebrated history of San Francisco traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent families - the Hearsts, de Youngs, Spreckelses, and others - who gained power through mining, ranching, water and energy, transportation, real estate, weapons, and the mass media. The story uncovered by Brechin is one of greed and ambition on an epic scale, and he arrives at a new way of understanding urban history as he traces the connections between environment, economy, and technology and discovers links that led, ultimately, to the creation of the atomic bomb and the nuclear arms race. 85 b/w photographs, 7 maps, 1 graph. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Very attractive maroon cloth with gilt titling on spine. Dust Jacket shows very mild shelf wear. Interior is clean, crisp, tight & bright, unmarked. xxvi, 402 pp. Approx. 6" x 9". A very nice copy. First Editions of this work are scarce. Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Ask all questions; glad to respond.
Published by Bekeley, California: University of California Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520211235 ISBN 13: 9780520211230
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Number line beginning with 1. Near fine plus hardback in near fine plus unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket: primarily to top edge of dust jacket.`.
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. Oblong format. A Fine copy in dark burgundy cloth, in a Fine pictorial dustwrapper. 233pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs (with a few in color). Q18770.
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1999
ISBN 10: 0520211235 ISBN 13: 9780520211230
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. When writer Gray Brechin and photographer Robert Dawson received the 1992 Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, they began a five-year project of driving and flying around California to record the present state of its environment. This book is the result of that collaboration. In six thematic chapters dealing with Loss, Mining, Farming, Cities, Energy, and Health, the authors provide a sobering look at California's environment. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Brechin on the title page. Oblong quarto. Original burgundy cloth binding, with bronze titles. The contents are sagging just a touch, as usual; else fine in a fine dust jacket.