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Making the Mission
Ocean Howell
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Description for Making the Mission
Hardback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, residents of the city's iconic Mission District bucked the city-wide development plan, defiantly announcing that in their neighborhood, they would be calling the shots. Ever since, the Mission has become known as a city within a city, and a place where residents have, over the last century, organized and reorganized themselves to make the neighborhood in their own image. In Making the Mission, Ocean Howell tells the story of how residents of the Mission District organized to claim the right to plan their own neighborhood and how they mobilized a ... Read more
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, residents of the city's iconic Mission District bucked the city-wide development plan, defiantly announcing that in their neighborhood, they would be calling the shots. Ever since, the Mission has become known as a city within a city, and a place where residents have, over the last century, organized and reorganized themselves to make the neighborhood in their own image. In Making the Mission, Ocean Howell tells the story of how residents of the Mission District organized to claim the right to plan their own neighborhood and how they mobilized a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226141398
SKU
V9780226141398
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About Ocean Howell
Ocean Howell is assistant professor of history in the Clark Honors College and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Oregon.
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