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A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area (Paperback)
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A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area (Paperback)
Series: A People's Guide Series, 3
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An alternative history and geography of the Bay Area that
highlights sites of oppression, resistance, and transformation. A
People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the
mythologized image of San Francisco to the places where collective
struggle has built the region. Countering romanticized commercial
narratives about the Bay Area, geographers Rachel Brahinsky and
Alexander Tarr highlight the cultural and economic landscape of
indigenous resistance to colonial rule, radical interracial and
cross-class organizing against housing discrimination and police
violence, young people demanding economically and ecologically
sustainable futures, and the often-unrecognized labor of
farmworkers and everyday people. The book asks who had-and who
has-the power to shape the geography of one of the most watched
regions in the world. As Silicon Valley's wealth dramatically
transforms the look and feel of every corner of the region, like
bankers' wealth did in the past, what do we need to remember about
the people and places that have made the Bay Area, with its rich
political legacies? With over 100 sites that you can visit and
learn from, this book demonstrates critical ways of reading the
landscape itself for clues to these histories. A useful companion
for travelers, educators, or longtime residents, this guide links
multicultural streets and lush hills to suburban cul-de-sacs and
wetlands, stretching from the North Bay to the South Bay, from the
East Bay to San Francisco. Original maps help guide readers, and
thematic tours offer starting points for creating your own routes
through the region.
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