I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a tremendous amount about San Francisco in that period of time. I found myself incredibly inspired by much of what I read, and was able to fill some important gaps in my own political understanding of San Francisco. Each of topics in this collection of essays was of great interest to me, but I found the quality to vary a great deal. Some were wonderfully written and a few really needed some editorial assistance. I also would have appreciated a more overarching introduction or conclusion that providing analytical glue between the contributions and that referenced what was going on in those geographic and cultural/social areas of San Francisco not covered by the contributed pieces. ( )