Big Daddy : Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics /

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Revealing and frank, this biography tells the story of an American original, California's Big Daddy, Jesse Unruh (1922-1987), who was born into Texas sharecropper poverty, became a larger-than-life figure and a principal architect and builder of modern California. It also looks at the man who b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Boyarsky, Bill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Unruh, Jesse, > 1922-1987.
Unruh, Jesse, > 1922-1987 > Influence.
California. > Legislature. > Assembly.
California. > Legislature. > Assembly > Speakers > Biography.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Politicians.
Orators.
Legislators.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Center parties.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Centre (Science politique) > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Hommes politiques > Californie > Biographies.
Center parties > United States > Case studies.
Legislators > California > Biography.
Politicians > California > Biography.
United States.
California.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
Californie > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Californie > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
California > Social conditions > 20th century.
California > Politics and government > 1951-
Biographies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Revealing and frank, this biography tells the story of an American original, California's Big Daddy, Jesse Unruh (1922-1987), who was born into Texas sharecropper poverty, became a larger-than-life figure and a principal architect and builder of modern California. It also looks at the man who believed that politics was the art of the possible.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages).
ISBN:9780520923348

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