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
Main Author: Rarick, Ethan, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Brown, Jerry (Politiker)
Brown family.
Brown, Edmund G. > (Edmund Gerald), > 1905-1996.
Brown (Famille)
Brown, Edmund G. > (Edmund Gerald), > 1905-1996 > Family.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Governors.
Families.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Gouverneurs > Californie > Biographies.
Governors > California > Biography.
California.
Californie > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Californie > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
California > Social conditions > 20th century.
California > Politics and government > 1951-
Biographie.
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (501 pages).
ISBN:9780520939844

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