Infinite City

By Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Subjects: Californian History, San francisco bay area (calif.), history, Maps, New york (n.y.), maps, California, maps, American art, San francisco (calif.), description and travel, New orleans (la.), description and travel, New york (n.y.), description and travel, New York Times reviewed, cartography, history, Louisiana, maps, reference, San Francisco history, Atlases and Encyclopedias, San francisco bay area (calif.), description and travel, atlas

Description: **"What makes a place?"** *Infinite City*, Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning, culture and history in one locale, the San Francisco Bay Area. Aided by artists, writers and cartographers, Solnit has compiled twenty-two gorgeous color maps, each of which illuminates San Francisco and its surroundings as experienced by different inhabitants..." (From the paperback jacket.)