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Author Booker, Matthew Morse, 1968-

Title Down by the bay : San Francisco's history between the tides / Matthew Morse Booker
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]

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Contents Introduction : Between the tides: layers of history in San Francisco Bay -- Rising tide -- Ghost tidelands -- Reclaiming the delta -- An edible bay -- From real estate to refuge -- Conclusion: Rising tides?
Summary San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban settlements in the American West. Focusing on human inhabitation of the Bay since Ohlone times, Down by the Bay reveals the ongoing role of nature in shaping that history. From birds to oyster pirates, from gold miners to farmers, from salt ponds to ports, this is the first history of the San Francisco Bay and Delta as both a human and natural landscape. It offers invaluable context for current discussions over the best management and use of the Bay in the face of sea level rise
Analysis american west
bayshore
california ecology
california environment
california history
cities and environment
climate change
conservation and development
ecological historians
ecology and climate change
environment conservation
environmental history
environmental protection
environmentalism
global warming
going green
history of san francisco
nature conservation
pacific coast
san francisco estuary
san francisco tidelands
urban development and environment
us history
westward expansion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Land use -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Land use -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
Human ecology -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Human ecology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ecology
Human ecology
Land use
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
SUBJECT San Francisco (Calif.) -- History
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- History
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions
Subject California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013000528
ISBN 0520951484
9780520951488