IMPERIAL SAN FRANCISCO. URBAN POWER, EARTHLY RUIN
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. First Edition. Cloth. (xxvi) 402 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gray Brechin in ink on the title page: "To David / For a new way of seeing The City / Gray Brechin 4/20/2000". Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, including from period photograhs and facsimiles. Notes, Select bibliography. Index. Cloth with gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". From the jacket flap: " While telling vivid stories that include graft, murder, sex scandals, and perverted science, Brechin proposes that the five linked activities of mining, mechinization, militarism, metallurgy, and money-making constitute an inivisible structuret hat precedes and supercedes capitalism." A well-researched and well-written history of San Francisco in a unique, original structure. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address. Fine / Fine. Item #2737
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