The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco - Brossura

Shaw, Randy

 
9780692327234: The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0692327231 ISBN 13: 9780692327234
Casa editrice: Urban Reality Pr, 2015

Sinossi

Named for a part of the city where bribes bought police the highest-grade beef, San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood remains an island of primarily low-income, ethnically diverse residents in a city of ever increasing wealth. How has it survived? Randy Shaw searches for answers in this powerful account of the Tenderloin from its post-quake rebuilding in 1907 through today.



The Tenderloin fought back against the establishment time and time again. And often won. Shaw shows how those outside the mainstream--independent working women, gay men, "screaming queens" activist SRO hotel tenants and many others--led these struggles. Once known for "girls, gambling and graft," the Tenderloin was also fertile ground for the Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, Dashiell Hammett and other cultural icons. This is the untold story of a neighborhood that persisted against all odds. It is a must-read for everyone concerned about the future of urban neighborhoods.

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Editore
Urban Reality Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2015
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0692327231
ISBN 13 
9780692327234
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
280
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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