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San Francisco, 1846-1856
From Hamlet to City
Roger W. Lotchin
Paper978-0-252-06631-3
$30.00
| Pub Date: | 1997 |
| Pages: | 440 pages |
Now back in print with a new introduction by the author, this is the classic study of America's most admired instant city, from its days as a sleepy Mexican village, through the Gold Rush and into its establishment as a major international port. Roger Lotchin examines the urbanizing influences in San Francisco and compares these to other urban centers, doing so against a colorful backdrop of opium dens and other sinful institutions.
This "almost shamefully readable book" will be of "dramatic interest to anyone concerned with American history, American cities, or--more fundamentally--the American character." -- The New Republic
"Comprehensive and absorbing. . . . Roger Lotchin's prose style is brilliant, his research staggering, and his conclusions thought-provoking. This is urban history at its best." -- Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University
Subjects:
History, Am.: 20th C. / History, State & Local / Urban Affairs & Regional Planning
