ePub Andersonville Civil War Prison (Civil War Series) by Robert Scott Davis in History

Description

A vibrant neighborhood in transition Dick Evans captures the pulse of life in the Mission District; the San Francisco neighborhood known for its murals and Latin American culture—and more recently for its rapid gentrification. Intimate; colorful images depict a place filled with diverse residents; stately Victorian houses; hand-painted store signs; Carnaval dancers; Día de los Muertos celebrants; political activists; and its namesake; Mission Dolores (here juxtaposed against portraits of Native people and indigenous cultural objects). Poetry and quotations from Mission residents are interspersed throughout; deepening viewers' immersion into this community. But at the heart of the book is the Mission's famous public art: works that depict Latin American culture; resistance to political oppression; passion for environmental justice; and outrage at gentrification. Evans's photos highlight the growing threat to the neighborhood's character; but they also reveal the many changes that have shaped the neighborhood into its vivacious present-day identity.