A Short History of San Francisco by Robert W. Cherny - 9781647792251

Name: A Short History of San Francisco by Robert W. Cherny - 9781647792251
Brand: University of Nevada Press

University of Nevada Press

A Short History of San FranciscoAuthor(s): Robert W. Cherny\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nevada Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nevada Press\nISBN-13: 9781647792251, 978-1647792251\nSynopsis\nWhen 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 Franciscomoves 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 wi.