Gold rush port
the maritime archaeology of San Francisco's waterfront
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Author
Publication
2009 - University of California Press, Berkeley, California
Language
English
Word Count
59,500 words, Guess
Page Count
238 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegoldrushportmari0000delg
- ISBN-100520255801
- ISBN-139780520255807
- Goodreads6095190
- LibraryThing7650200
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- Library of Congress Control Number2008034388
- OCLC Control Number244177123
- Better World Books9780520255807
- Open LibraryOL17073582M
Classifications
- DDC979.4/61
- LCCF869.S347 D45 2009
- LCCF869.S347D45 2009
Description
"Described as a "forest of masts," San Francisco's Gold Rush waterfront was a floating economy of ships and wharves, where a dazzling array of goods was traded, transported from around the globe to this port city. Drawing on excavations of buried ships and collapsed buildings from this period, James P. Delgado recreates San Francisco's unique maritime landscape, shedding new light on the city's remarkable rise from a small village to a boomtown of thousands in the three short years from 1848 to 1851. Gleaning history from artifacts - preserves and liquors in bottles, leather boots and jackets, hulls of ships, even crocks of butter lying alongside discarded guns - Gold Rush Port paints a fascinating picture of how ships and global connections created the port and the city of San Francisco. Setting the city's history into the wider web of international relationships, Delgado reshapes our understanding of developments in the Pacific that led to a world system of trading."--BOOK JACKET.
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