Fortunes and Failures: White-Collar Mobility in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco

Peter R. Decker

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Fortunes and Failures

White-Collar Mobility in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco

Peter R. Decker

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1978

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Volume 12 | Harvard Studies in Urban History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
HARVARD STUDIES IN URBAN HISTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiv
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PART ONE THE PIONEER MERCHANTS
1 THE WESTWARD MIGRATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2 THE 1850s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3 OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4 PROPERTY, CREDIT, AND PERSISTENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5 THE SOCIAL FABRIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
PART TWO THE SECOND GENERATION
6 THE CIVIL WAR, RAILROADS, AND MANUFACTURING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
7 A NEW MERCHANT GENERATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
8 A SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
9 A VIEW TOWARD THE NOB Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
10 CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
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INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674331518

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February 5, 1978

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674331501

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Reprint 2014

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Front matter:

15

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336

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26

Tables:

24

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674331518

eBook ISBN: 9780674331518

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Merchants -- California -- San Francisco -- History.; Social mobility -- California -- San Francisco -- History.; White collar workers -- California -- San Francisco -- History.; Occupational mobility -- California -- San Francisco -- History.

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