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Title

Berkeley : a city in history / Charles Wollenberg.

Author

Wollenberg, Charles

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 224 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"The Railroad Age, the Depression, World War II, the Atomic Age, the Sixties - these periods shaped and were in turn shaped by Berkeley, California - a city that has had a remarkable influence given its modest size. This concise book, the only up-to-date history of Berkeley, is a chronicle connecting the people, trends, and events that made the city to much larger themes in history. From the native builders of shell-mounds to the blue-collar residents of Ocean View, the rise of the University of California, the World War II shipyards, and today's demographics and politics - it's all here in this account of the other beloved city by the bay. Along the way, we find the answers to many questions: Why is Adeline Street so oddly aligned? How did Berkeley benefit from the 1906 earthquake that destroyed much of San Francisco? What differentiated Holy Hill from Nut Hill? Berkeley: A City in History offers a sense of place to anyone who has lived in, worked in, or traveled through this unique city."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Berkeley (Calif.) > History
• Berkeley (Calif.) > Social conditions

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- 1. First Settlers -- 2. A Tale of Two Towns -- 3. Enter the Octopus -- 4. Urbanization -- 5. A Special Place -- 6. Boom and Bust -- 7. World War II Watershed -- 8. A Kind of Peace -- 9. The Heritage of the Sixties -- 10. Berkeley in an Age of Inequality -- Bibliography -- Index

ISBN

• 9780520253070 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0520253078 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007022332

OCLC

• 141852549
• SCSB-12803176

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library