The Political Edge

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ISBN-10: 1931404054
ISBN-13: 9781931404051
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publish Date: 04/01/2005
Dimensions: 8.50" L, 5.50" W, 0.60" H

Published by City Lights

The Political Edge

Edited byChris Carlsson

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Overview

In the wake of the astonishing popular mobilization on behalf of an underdog campaign to elect Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez mayor of San Francisco, The Political Edge analyzes emergent political energies, where they came from and where they’re going. Rarely have contemporary radicals joined forces with cultural rebels and neighborhood activists in an effort to change almost everything about the governance of a city. Cultural and political trends erupt in San Francisco, a city that thrives on dissent and new ideas. With wit and cogency, this book reveals the new dynamics that will reshape urban politics nationwide.

Chris Carlsson is an urban historian who has written and edited Critical Mass: Bicycling’s Defiant Celebration, Bad Attitude: Processed World Reader and Reclaiming San Francisco.

  • Chris Carlsson is a writer, San Francisco historian, professor, bicyclist, tour guide, blogger, photographer, book and magazine designer. He's lived in San Francisco since 1978. He has written two books, edited five, including Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration (AK Press: 1992), The Political Edge (City Lights, 2005), Ten Years That Shook the City (City Lights, 2011) and others. He helped co-found Critical Mass in September 1992, and has ridden with Critical Mass rides in a dozen cities on three continents since then. He has been propelled into extended world travels since 2002. He has directed Shaping San Francisco since its inception in the mid-1990s, and continues to be co-director of the archive of San Francisco history at FoundSF.org. He also conducts award-winning bicycle history tours a dozen times a year, and hosts an ongoing Public Talks series in San Francisco.

     

    www.chriscarlsson.com
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Details

ISBN-10: 1931404054
ISBN-13: 9781931404051
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publish Date: 04/01/2005
Dimensions: 8.50" L, 5.50" W, 0.60" H
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