El. knyga: City of Vice: Transience and San Francisco's Urban History, 1848-1917

A fascinating account of San Franciscos past. Packed with sharp historical insights from rich archival research, the book will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers alike. It will change the way readers view the citys physical and imaginary landscapes.-Clare Sears, author of Arresting Dress: Cross-Dressing, Law, and Fascination in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco A vibrant history of San Franciscos multiracial transient living and entertainment districts that unravels urban myths and offers cautionary tales of crusades against vice and crime.-Nayan Shah, author of Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Franciscos Chinatown A lively, thoroughly researched, and necessary corrective to the history of cities.-Jessica Ellen Sewell, author of Women and the Everyday City: Public Space in San Francisco, 18901915 Mallerys study of San Franciscos districts of the demimonde and the dangerous classes, where tourists and residents enjoyed their illicit pleasures, is a fascinating addition to the historiography of the Pacific Coast metropolis from the gold rush to the Great War.-William Issel, coauthor of San Francisco, 18651932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development Urban historians and historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era will welcome James Mallerys deeply researched history of the parts of San Francisco that the citys dominant white middle- and upper-classes defined as different-different by race, or class, or marital status, or violations of the dominant classes morality.-Robert W. Cherny, coauthor of San Francisco, 18651932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development