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Saving San Francisco

Name: Saving San Francisco
Brand: Temple University Press,U.S.
SKU: 9781439904329
Price: 418.13 PLN
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Relief and Recovery after the 1906 Disaster

Autor: Andrea Rees Davies

Język:

Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Temple University Press,U.S.

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For most San Franciscans, April 18, 1906 started at 5:12 am with sixty-five seconds of violent quaki...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Andrea Rees Davies

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2011

strony

220

EAN

9781439904329

ISBN

1439904324

Enbook ID

05075985

Wydawca

Temple University Press,U.S.

Waga

458

Wymiary

152 x 229 x 20

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For most San Franciscans, April 18, 1906 started at 5:12 am with sixty-five seconds of violent quaking followed by a relentless, raging fire that left 98% of the structures in the most populated part of the city in ruins. However, although everyone felt the earthquake equally, they did not all suffer to the same degree. In Saving San Francisco, Andrea Rees Davies, a former firefighter, tells a new story of the 1906 catastrophe. Weaving the experiences of ordinary people with urban politics and history, Saving San Francisco challenges the long-lived myth that the fire that spread as a result of the quake brought out altruism and leveled class distinctions among residents. Although the relief and rebuilding efforts provided some opportunities for marginalized groups and individuals--such as white women and the Chinese--to step outside their limited spheres and find their voices in the public realm, Davies shows how the disaster did not break down social barriers; rather, it maintained the prevailing hierarchies of class, race, and gender.