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Paying the Toll

Author : Louise Nelson Dyble
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812206886
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Paying the Toll written by Louise Nelson Dyble and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has become an icon for the beauty and prosperity of the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a symbol of engineering achievement. Constructing the bridge posed political and financial challenges that were at least as difficult as those faced by the project's builders. To meet these challenges, northern California boosters created a new kind of agency: an autonomous, self-financing special district. The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District developed into a powerful organization that shaped the politics and government of the Bay Area as much as the bridge shaped its physical development. From the moment of the bridge district's incorporation in 1928, its managers pursued their own agenda. They used all the resources at their disposal to preserve their control over the bridge, cultivating political allies, influencing regional policy, and developing an ambitious public relations program. Undaunted by charges of mismanagement and persistent efforts to turn the bridge (as well as its lucrative tolls) over to the state, the bridge district expanded into mass transportation, taking on ferry and bus operations to ensure its survival to this day. Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll gives us an inside view of the world of high-stakes development, cronyism, and bureaucratic power politics that have surrounded the Golden Gate Bridge since its inception.

The Country in the City

Author : Richard A. Walker
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989734
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book The Country in the City written by Richard A. Walker and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Western History Association's 2009 Hal K. Rothman Award Finalist in the Western Writers of America Spur Award for the Western Nonfiction Contemporary category (2008). The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the world's most beautiful cities. Despite a population of 7 million people, it is more greensward than asphalt jungle, more open space than hardscape. A vast quilt of countryside is tucked into the folds of the metropolis, stitched from fields, farms and woodlands, mines, creeks, and wetlands. In The Country in the City, Richard Walker tells the story of how the jigsaw geography of this greenbelt has been set into place. The Bay Area�s civic landscape has been fought over acre by acre, an arduous process requiring popular mobilization, political will, and hard work. Its most cherished environments--Mount Tamalpais, Napa Valley, San Francisco Bay, Point Reyes, Mount Diablo, the Pacific coast--have engendered some of the fiercest environmental battles in the country and have made the region a leader in green ideas and organizations. This book tells how the Bay Area got its green grove: from the stirrings of conservation in the time of John Muir to origins of the recreational parks and coastal preserves in the early twentieth century, from the fight to stop bay fill and control suburban growth after the Second World War to securing conservation easements and stopping toxic pollution in our times. Here, modern environmentalism first became a mass political movement in the 1960s, with the sudden blooming of the Sierra Club and Save the Bay, and it remains a global center of environmentalism to this day. Green values have been a pillar of Bay Area life and politics for more than a century. It is an environmentalism grounded in local places and personal concerns, close to the heart of the city. Yet this vision of what a city should be has always been informed by liberal, even utopian, ideas of nature, planning, government, and democracy. In the end, green is one of the primary colors in the flag of the Left Coast, where green enthusiasms, like open space, are built into the fabric of urban life. Written in a lively and accessible style, The Country in the City will be of interest to general readers and environmental activists. At the same time, it speaks to fundamental debates in environmental history, urban planning, and geography.

Marvelous Marin Collection

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Marvelous Marin Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advertisements, news clippings, promotional material and general information for and about the Marvelous Marin campaign.

Foresight

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Foresight written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hamilton Field Diary

Author : Major F. H. Oberding
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462896057
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Hamilton Field Diary written by Major F. H. Oberding and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Crowed Hour of glorious life, is worth an age without a name. A few days with the first F-104 Fighter Squadron (83 FIS) at Hamilton Air Force Base in California, I sensed the tremendous excitement and beauty and compelling force that makes men want to fly these planes. This I felt, was interwoven with an aloneness that was complete in itself. - Woodi Ishmael.

Rooster

Author : D.C. Murphy
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481708732
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Rooster written by D.C. Murphy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CORRUPTION IS EVERYWHERE Near San Francisco, a small town is riddled with bad cops and cocaine dealers MILL VALLEY sits nestled in the shadow of the Sleeping Princess Mountain in southern Marin County and, at first glance, appears to be a quiet, tranquil little town populated by rock stars, writers, and artists. But a closer look reveals a dark side: corruption has reached the top levels of the police department, and white powder cocaine is the locals drug of choice. Sean Patrick Murphy, nicknamed Rooster by his supervising sergeant, Dante John Castigari, is a burnt-out Irish cop on a rampage on San Franciscos skid row. He carries a Badge, Gun, and Heartache, but all he ever wanted was to be a country singer. But so far, that doesnt seem to be in the cards. The year is 1978. But the story begins in Mill Valley, early in 1973: Sergeant Castigari hates dope dealers and dirty cops. So does Murphy, but his passion to become a country singer soon starts to interfere with his commitment to protect and serve. When Castigari plunges into the dangerous business of cleaning up the town and eradicating the Colombian Drug Cartel from their stronghold, Rock Star Hell, Murphy has to decide among his music, his job, and his mentor. The corruption and greed start to take a toll on everybody involved, including Murphys girlfriend, the sultry singer Peggy Sue Barnes. Then Murphy is offered immortality with a record contractbut not without a price. Soon Castigari is asking, Are you pulling pistols or strumming guitars? Its down to the wire, but Murphy has already made up his mind. Now its a waiting game, and both the cops and the Colombians await Roosters next move.

Across the Golden Gate to Marvelous Marin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book Across the Golden Gate to Marvelous Marin written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decisions

Author : California Public Utilities Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decisions written by California Public Utilities Commission and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Agitpop

Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351533134
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Agitpop written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this entirely sophisticated and scholarly account of political culture, Arthur Asa Berger shows how the variety of cultural preferences creates the foundations of communication theory. Using the work of Aaron Wildavsky, the author shows how individualism, egalitarianism, collectivism, and fatalism form the basis of culture in complex societies. But more importantly, Berger breaks down the mechanical distinction between mass culture and elite culture, showing how they interpenetrate and crossover at the level of competitive and hierarchical frames. Agitpop, now in paperback, suggests that there is an ideological content to our popular culture, even though the creators no less than the consumers of that culture are either unaware or dimly aware that they are creating works with an ideological bent. The work takes up in quick order two examples from different areas of the hierarchical, individualist, egalitarian, and fatalist cultures. From football games to the Iran-Contra Hearings, from MTV to the Human Potential Movement, from Max Headroom to humor on the Jews, and from wrestling to The Terminator, Berger takes up his master themes with a deft touch of his own. Weaving in the work of scholars from Emile Durkheim to Aaron Wildavsky he manages to make each of the chapters very much his own. For those who know the earlier work of this author, the reader will be very much at home; for those new to Berger, the volume will be a joyous revelation. The final three chapters reveal a deeper aspect of Berger's work. His interpretation of the earlier materials in terms of the semiotics of power, of textual analysis, or deconstruction of the media, and finally, an analysis and self-analysis of the larger research agenda of which this work is pivotal, should make this book central to the theoretical construction of popular and political culture. For people working in communications theory, political culture, and the sociology of knowledge, this book is a must; for everyone els

California Real Estate

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book California Real Estate written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Good Life

Author : Douglas Livingston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book A Good Life written by Douglas Livingston and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Maritime Marin

Author : Branwell Fanning
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738559049
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Maritime Marin written by Branwell Fanning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marin County's spectacular Pacific coast has been noted as both one of the most beautiful locations on earth and--for some early mariners--a place of absolute terror. The rocky coast here has claimed hundreds of ships and the lives of thousands of sailors. Though long known for its beautiful natural settings of woodlands, beaches, and hills, Marin's maritime history is surprisingly varied, with tales of English pirates, Spanish explorers, Yankee whalers, and an immense wartime shipbuilding effort. The rocky seascapes and sandy beaches of Point Reyes, Bolinas, and Stinson Beach--along with the bay-side villages of Sausalito, Tiburon, and San Rafael--have long been important ports for commercial and pleasure mariners.

Recruiting News

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Recruiting News written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Star Maps

Author : Nick Kanas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030136132
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Star Maps written by Nick Kanas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancient to modern times, describes the relationships between different star maps and atlases, and relates these notions to our changing ideas about humanity’s place in the universe. Also covered in this book are more contemporary cosmological ideas, constellation representations, and cartographic advances. The text is enriched with 226 images (141 in color) from actual, antiquarian celestial books and atlases, each one with an explanation of unique astronomical and cartographic features. This never-before-available hardcover edition includes two new chapters on pictorial style maps and celestial images in art, as well over 50 new images. Additionally, the color plates are now incorporated directly into the text, providing readers with a vibrant, immersive look into the history of star maps.

Computerworld

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computerworld written by and published by . This book was released on 1980-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com), twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media network.

Solution from a Dead Man

Author : Mel Figoni
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608448029
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Solution from a Dead Man written by Mel Figoni and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired after thirty-plus years in law enforcement, Tony DiGiusto, newly licensed private investigator, was looking forward to a quiet and uneventful retirement investigating simple everyday civil cases for local attorneys from an office in the sleepy and affluent hamlet of Sausalito, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Little did Tony know that his first major clients-a pair of twins who had hired his uncle, a well-known San Francisco attorney, to investigate a property ownership dispute-would lead him to investigate the sudden and unexplained death of his uncle in a small Northern California town. Tony becomes entangled in a complex and horrendous investigation that will lead him from San Francisco to the charming and picturesque towns of the Sierra Gold Rush areas. The investigation into his uncle's death leads Tony and his live-in girlfriend, Gina Rosetti, into a nightmarish web of terror and murder involving long-forgotten Nazi activities in California and almost costs Tony and Gina their lives. California's colorful capital, Sacramento, and its legislative bodies play an unwitting part in this fast-paced and intriguing glimpse into a madman's plan for a new Third Reich.