Author: United States. Works Projects Administration, California, Northern
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Four Years of Achievement Under the Federal Work Program of Northern California [1935-1939] ...
Author: United States. Works Projects Administration, California, Northern
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Author-title Catalog
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Subject Catalog of the Institute of Governmental Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
San Francisco, Presidio, Port and Pacific Metropolis
Author: Robert W. Cherny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Guide to Records in the National Archives--Pacific Sierra Region
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Pacific Sierra Region
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Gives descriptions of records that document government activity in northern California, Hawaii, Nevada (except Clark County), the Pacific Trust Territory, and American Samoa.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Gives descriptions of records that document government activity in northern California, Hawaii, Nevada (except Clark County), the Pacific Trust Territory, and American Samoa.
Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43
Author: United States. Federal Works Agency
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
River City and Valley Life
Author: Christopher J. Castaneda
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
Author: Jules Heller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135638829
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135638829
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195306619
Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 2244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195306619
Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 2244
Book Description