California Rising : the Life and Times of Pat Brown.
It is now commonplace to say that the future happens first in California, and this book, the first biography of legendary governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, tells the story of the pivotal era when that idea became a reality. Set against the riveting historical landscape of the late fifties an...
| Основен автор: | Rarick, Ethan, 1964- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2005.
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Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents; Prologue; PART I: RISING; 1. Go-getters; 2. A New Religion; 3. The Chairs of Politics; 4. Waiting; 5. Victory; PART II: BUILDING; 6. The Big Wallop; 7. All These Students; 8. Anguish; 9. Cigar Smoke; Photographs; 10. Building a River; 11. "By God, I Can Beat That Son of a Bitch"; PART III: FALLING; 12. Race and Politics; 13. Rejection; 14. Berkeley; 15. Watts; 16. Tired Old Governor; 17. Dynasty; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.