City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry
City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry
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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.
