New Book Compares Stockton’s Past to Present Through Photographs

Dec. 21, 2011 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s Then & Now series is Stockton from local authors Daniel Kasser and Amanda Zimmerman. The book boasts more than 200 vintage and modern images, comparing the town’s past to its present.

Since its 1848 beginning, Stockton has been a geographical and symbolic epicenter for prosperity and good fortune. Beginning as a Gold Rush–era supply depot, this city became the nexus of an agricultural empire and a center for industrial innovation with international markets.

The images featured in this book explore and illustrate Stockton’s metropolitan expansion from the waterfront, challenges to citizens and city planners, and today’s urban renaissance that is redefining Stockton’s future.

Comparing our present to our past is how we understand our history.  Arcadia’s Then & Now series makes such local comparisons available.  Books in this series offer a special view of American life, placing historical images side by side with contemporary photographs.  

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or (888)-313-2665.

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With more than 7,500 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.