Kniha Saving San Francisco Andrea Rees Davies

Saving San Francisco

Relief and Recovery after the 1906 Disaster

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
Odesíláme za 14-20 dnů
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For most San Franciscans, April 18, 1906 started at 5:12 am with sixty-five seconds of violent quaki...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2011
Stránek
220
EAN
9781439904329
ISBN
1439904324
Enbook ID
05075985
Hmotnost
458
Rozměry
152 x 229 x 20

Kompletní popis

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.

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