Down by the Bay

San Francisco's History between the Tides

Matthew Booker

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University of California Press
09 June 2020

Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Human geography; Conservation of the environment

San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America. It is also home to the oldest and densest urban settlements in the American West. Focusing on human inhabitation of the Bay since Ohlone times, Down by the Bay reveals the ongoing role of nature in shaping that history. From birds to oyster pirates, from gold miners to farmers, from salt ponds to ports, this is the first history of the San Francisco Bay and Delta as both a human and natural landscape. It offers invaluable context for current discussions over the best management and use of the Bay in the face of sea level rise.

By: Matthew Booker
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520355569
ISBN 10: 0520355563
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 09 June 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Between the Tides: Layers of History in San Francisco Bay 1. Rising Tide 2. Ghost Tidelands 3. Reclaiming the Delta 4. An Edible Bay 5. From Real Estate to Refuge Conclusion: Rising Tides? Notes Bibliography Index

Matthew Morse Booker is Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University. He was previously Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford and leads the Between the Tides project at Stanford’s Spatial History Lab, mapping San Francisco Bay's dynamic tidal margin.

Reviews for Down by the Bay: San Francisco's History between the Tides

"""Booker gives the city a fresh face; the familiar becomes strange and wonderful. . . . Down by the Bay is a genuine pearl in the sea of contemporary environmental writing."" * San Francisco Chronicle * ""The history of San Francisco is not only the story of a great world city, it's also the story of a great body of water that both supported and was impacted by rapid urban growth. In his natural (and human) history of San Francisco Bay, author Matthew Morse Booker focuses on waterfront and tidal wetlands. It is there that decades of human activity, such as dredging and upriver hydraulic mining, have reshaped, polluted and irrevocably altered the marine environment."" * Sacramento Bee * ""Down by the Bay is an intriguing, highly readable account of the neglected history of San Francisco Bay’s tidelands."" * Enviromental History * ""...well written and filled with intriguing historical details that enliven the text."" * Biological Conservation * ""...explores an impressive range of topics."" * American Historical Review * “Down by the Bay is a genuine pearl in the sea of contemporary environmental writing."" * Boom *"