A Short History of San Francisco

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When British explorer George Vancouver arrived at the San Francisco presidio in 1792, he described it as resembling a "compound for cattle"—hardly the opulent outpost he had expected of Spanish California. Today San Francisco is a bustling metropolis with picturesque neighborhoods, dramatic engineering feats such as the Golden Gate Bridge, and innovative tech companies. How did we get here? To answer that question, A Short History of San Francisco moves from the first Ohlone settlements to the Spanish missions and Gold Rush mansions, to the glaring inequalities of the Gilded Age and the turbulent labor politics of the early and mid-twentieth century, to the birth of the counterculture and the rise of the tech companies that now define the region. Concise yet packed with information, this book is vital reading for anyone who wants to understand the city at the Golden Gate.

Über den Autor

Robert W. Cherny is professor emeritus of history at San Francisco State University. He has written extensively on the history of San Francisco, including, most recently, The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco. He is also coauthor with William Issel of San Francisco, 1865–1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development. He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer at Moscow State University, Visiting Research Scholar at the University of Melbourne, and Senior Fulbright Scholar at Heidelberg University. He served for five years on San Francisco's Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board and continues to be actively involved in historic preservation activities in the city.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. The First People

2. Mission and Presidio: Spanish Colonial Outpost, 1776–1822

Portfolio A. Life at the Mission, 1816: The Art of Louis Choris

3. Pueblo and Ranchos: Mexican San Francisco, 1822–46

4. Instant City: War, Gold, and Crisis, 1846–65

5. Metropolis of the West: San Francisco's Gilded Age, 1865–1906

6. San Francisco's Progressive Era, 1890–1919

Portfolio B. The Earthquake and Fire of 1906: Before, During, and After

7. Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1920–45

8. Transformations, Turbulence, and Tragedy, 1945–80

Portfolio C. San Francisco's Turbulent Sixties

9. San Francisco Since 1980

Select Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781647792251
ISBN-10:	1647792258
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cherny, Robert W.
Hersteller:	MNG University Presses
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	201 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert W. Cherny
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.04.2026
Gewicht:	0,295 kg