Mapping Corporate Capitalism - James Michael Buckley. City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. 360 pp. 45. 00 (cloth), ISBN 9781477330241.

Key Points

• To analyze the relationship between corporate capitalism and the architectural evolution in San Francisco driven by the redwood lumber industry.
• Literary analysis of historical texts
• Evaluation of architectural designs
• Examination of economic data from the lumber industry
• Contextual research on urban development
• Identified key architectural styles influenced by the lumber industry
• Outlined the economic impacts of redwood logging on urban growth
• Demonstrated the interplay between capitalism and architectural trends in the city