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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 and sixties, the book offers astute insights into history as well a fascinating glimpse of those who charted its courseincluding Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and the Brown family dynasty. Ethan Rarick mines an impressive array of untapped sourcessuch as Pat Brown's diary and love letters to his w. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (535 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-484) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520939844 0520939840 9786612358524 6612358521 |