Cemeteries of San Diego
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, History
| Author: | Seth Mallios, David M. Caterino | ISBN: | 9781439618226 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | March 14, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Seth Mallios, David M. Caterino |
| ISBN: | 9781439618226 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | March 14, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
San Diego has a rich and unique cultural history that can be effectively told through the commemoration of its dead. Local cemeteries throughout the city reflect San Diego�s multiethnic cultural dynamism and pinpoint marked shifts in power from Native American to Spanish to Mexican to American governance. They also reveal the current struggle for space in a burgeoning metropolis. Graveyards, with their individually detailed and hauntingly beautiful monuments, offer an unrivaled historic yet continuous glimpse at the essence of this diverse community. The story of San Diego�s cemeteries is a telling narrative that offers remarkable insight into the evolution of �America�s Finest City.�
San Diego has a rich and unique cultural history that can be effectively told through the commemoration of its dead. Local cemeteries throughout the city reflect San Diego�s multiethnic cultural dynamism and pinpoint marked shifts in power from Native American to Spanish to Mexican to American governance. They also reveal the current struggle for space in a burgeoning metropolis. Graveyards, with their individually detailed and hauntingly beautiful monuments, offer an unrivaled historic yet continuous glimpse at the essence of this diverse community. The story of San Diego�s cemeteries is a telling narrative that offers remarkable insight into the evolution of �America�s Finest City.�
