The Country in the City

Despite a population of 7 million people, the San Francisco Bay Area is more greensward than asphalt jungle, more open space than hardscape.The Country in the Citytells the story of how the jigsaw geography of this greenbelt has been set into place.Richard A. Walker is professor of geography and chair of the California Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley. His publications includeThe New Social Economy: Reworking the Division of LaborandThe Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of California Agribusiness.

Richard A. Walker is Professor of Geography and Chair of the California Studies Center at the University of California, Berkeley