City of Wood : San Francisco and the architecture of the redwood lumber industry /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2024].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477330241 1477330240 |