Dispatches Against Displacement: Field Notes from San Franciscoa's Housing Wars

by James Tracy

Book Overview

San Francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north from Silicon Valley. Recent evictions of long-time San Francisco residents, outrageous rents and home prices, and blockaded "Google buses" are only the tip of the iceberg. James Tracy's book focuses on the long arc of displacement over almost two decades of "dot com" boom and bust, offering the necessary perspective to analyze the latest urban horrors.

A housing activist in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849352054
• ISBN13: 9781849352055
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: AK Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.1"