Area Research Tools Book List
Below are books about San Francisco’s early and recent history.
Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin
Gray Brechin, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006.
The Public City: The Political Construction of Urban Life in San Francisco, 1850-1900
Philip J. Ethington, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001.
Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture
James Brook, Chris Carlsson & Nancy J. Peters, San Francisco, CA: City Lights Publishers, 1998.
Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism
Rebecca Solnit & Susan Schwartzenberg, Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2002.
Left Coast City: Progressive Politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991
Richard Edward DeLeon, Laurence, KS: University of Kansas, 1992.
Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide
Rand Richards, Canada: Heritage House Publishers, 2007.
City For Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco
Chester W. Hartman, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.
The Contested City
John H. Mollenkopf, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983.
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