City for Sale: The Transformation of San Francisco

San Francisco is perhaps the most exhilarating of all American cities—its beauty, cultural and political avant-gardism, and history are legendary, while its idiosyncrasies make front-page news. In this revised edition of his highly regarded study of San Francisco's economic and political development since the mid-1950s, Chester Hartman gives a detailed account of how the city has been transformed by the expansion—outward and upward—of its downtown. His story is fueled by a wide range of pla...