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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 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"--
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 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"--
City of wood : San Francisco and the architecture of the redwood lumber industry
Buckley, James Michael (author)
First edition
2024
XVI, 347 Seiten
Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
Includes bibliographical references and index
Book
English
BKL:
21.73
Stadtbaugeschichte, Geschichte ländlicher Siedlungen
DDC:
720.794/61
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TIBKAT | 1972