The Country in the City : The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area 9780295989730, 9780295988153

Winner of the Western History Association's 2009 Hal K. Rothman Award Finalist in the Western Writers of America Sp

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English Pages 431 Year 2008

The Country in the City : The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area
9780295989730, 9780295988153

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