City of Wood San Francisco and the architecture of the redwood lumber industry / James Michael Buckley.
| Author/creator | Buckley, James Michael |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2024. |
| Description | xvi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Peter T. Flawn Series in Natural Resources Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation. |
| Contents | The genius of the modern : building the City of Wood -- Part I. The value chain. City and country : the redwood value chain -- Part II. Forest. "The factory without a roof" -- Mills and camps in the redwood forest -- Mill and mansion : the landscape of capital and labor in Eureka -- Part III. Metropolis. The redwood value chain in the City of Wood's urban core -- The space of capital in San Francisco -- Lumber workers and the labor landscape of San Francisco -- Part IV. Region. A revolution in distribution and production -- Constructing a modern industrial community : company towns in the redwoods -- The architecture of the City of Wood. |
| Abstract | "In City of Wood, architectural historian James Buckley explores San Francisco's rapid urban development as a product of the physical and economic transformation of the natural environment of the American West. San Francisco is best known as a product of the gold and silver that were mined from California's mountains and streams, but as Buckley shows, the city's growth was in fact fueled by a wide range of natural resources that could be converted into marketable commodities. City of Wood investigates the architecture of a typical Western resource industry--redwood lumber--to determine how the exploitation of California's natural resources shaped the built environment of both San Francisco and its broader hinterland"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024002471 |
| ISBN | 9781477330241 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |