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Title: HOLLOW CITY
THE SIEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN URBANISM
By: Rebecca Solnit, Susan Schwartzenberg (Photos)
Format: Paperback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 1859843638
ISBN 13: 9781859843635
Publisher: VERSO BOOKS
Pub. date: 17 September, 2002
Pages: 188
Description: Reporting from the front line of gentrification in San Fransisco's Mission District, The author draws on architectural history, urban studies and the images of photographer Susan Schwartzenberg, to project the end of city life for bohemians and its baleful consequences for American culture.
Synopsis: Reporting from the frontlines of gentrification in San Francisco, Rebecca Solnit and Susan Schwartzenberg sound a warning bell to all urban residents: wealth is just as capable of ravaging cities as poverty.
Illustrations: illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Verso Books
Returns: Returnable
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