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San Francisco / by Geoffrey Moorhouse and the editors of Time-Life books ; photographs by Jay Maisel.

Title
San Francisco / by Geoffrey Moorhouse and the editors of Time-Life books ; photographs by Jay Maisel.
Author
Moorhouse, Geoffrey, 1931-2009
Publication
Amsterdam : Time-Life Books, c1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Maisel, Jay, 1931-
  • Time-Life Books
Description
200 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.
Summary
Spectacular color photographs capture the exuberance of this most cosmopolitan of American cities, evoking the personality of the city that has consistently fostered dreamers--from gold-seekers to hippies.
Series Statement
Great cities
Uniform Title
Great cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Subject
San Francisco (Calif.) > Description and travel
Genre/Form
Illustrated works
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 198.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
City of Golden Dreams -- picture essay: riddles for the eye -- Money, Money, Money -- Stop-and-Go Symphony -- picture essay: sturdy veterans of the heights -- A Singular Sense of Neighborhood -- picture essay: a unique, thousand-acre playground -- The Tradition of Nonconformity -- picture essay: easy-going lifestyles -- A Rich Racial Mix -- Serene and Indifferent to Fate -- picture essay: an intimacy with wind and water -- Acknowledgements and Bibliography
OCLC
  • 4978136
  • SCSB-10980132
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library