California Rising : the Life and Times of Pat Brown.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rarick, Ethan, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Brown, Edmund G. > (Edmund Gerald), > 1905-1996.
Brown, Edmund G. > (Edmund Gerald), > 1905-1996 > Family.
Brown family.
Brown (Famille)
Brown, Edmund G. > (Edmund Gerald), > 1905-1996
Brown family
Brown, Jerry (Politiker)
Since 1900
Governors > California > Biography.
Gouverneurs > Californie > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Families
Governors
Politics and government
Social conditions
California > Politics and government > 1951-
California > Social conditions > 20th century.
Californie > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Californie > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
California
1950s.
1960s.
america.
biographical.
california governor.
california history.
california politics.
california.
edmund g pat brown.
family dynasties.
famous politicians.
free speech movement.
government and governing.
history.
john f kennedy.
local government.
lyndon johnson.
nonfiction biography.
pat brown.
political drama.
political history.
political landscape.
regional history.
retrospective.
richard nixon.
ronald reagan.
us history.
watts riots.
Biographies
Biographie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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