Kevin Starr: Coast of Dreams | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780679740728 | Coast of Dreams | California on the Edge, 1990-2003 | Kevin Starr

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From O.J. to Arnold Schwarzenegger, earthquakes to rolling blackouts, silicon valley to riots in the street, California state historian Kevin Starr has assembled the history of the Golden Gate State since 1990 to create a vivid snapshot of a state constantly on the edge of tomorrow.

Coast of Dreams captures an extraordinary place, from its rich and exceptionally diverse palette of people, cultures and values; to its economy that is larger than most nations and mirrors the economic state of the country; to a political landscape so roiled that a Governor can be recalled scant months after his re-election and replaced by a Hollywood action star. This is a book that is sweeping in scope, intimate in detail and altogether fascinated with the splendor of California.

Über den Autor

Kevin Starr

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: California on the Edge

PART I: Coast of Dreams
Surf’s Up!
Zen California
Mind Games
Bon Appétit
Dumbing Down
Ocean Park
Frank’s Kids

PART II: Catastrophe
Earthquake, Fire, and Flood
Scene of the Crime
Reefer Madness
Killing Time
Homeboys
Gangbusters
Doing Time
A Lost Generation
Send In the Marines

PART III: Diversity
Viva Mexico!
Asian Attitudes
Multiple Identities

PART IV: Wedge Issues
Backlash
Illegals
Rising Tensions
Wedge Issues
Affirmative Action
Hasta la Vista!
Accommodations

PART V: Turnaround
For the Good Times
Free Fall
Turnaround
Immigrants to the Rescue
Swords into Ploughshares
The Comeback Kid
Valley Talk
Genes to Work
Foreign Trade
The Rim
NAFTA

PART VI: Cities, Suburbs, and Other Places
How Should We Live?
Holy Land or Plains of Id? Southern California and Metro Sacramento
Staying Time: Santa Barbara and Palm Springs
The Upper Left: Berkeley, Santa Monica,
West Hollywood
Booming Places: Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties
Tough Love: Jerry Brown’s Oakland
Downtown: The Reurbanization of San Jose
Play Ball!: San Diego in the Major Leagues

PART VII: A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles and San Francisco
People
Payday
Poor
Politics
Place
Talk of the Town

PART VIII: Growth and the Environment
Heartland
Waterworld
Endangered Species
North Coast Redwoods and Other Trees
Going Green
Open Space
Fixed Rail

PART IX: Back on the Edge
Bill and Barbra
Dot-Com Debacle
Report Card
The Boys from Texas
9/11

Epilogue Déjà Vu All Over Again

Acknowledgments
Notes
Sources
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780679740728
ISBN-10:	0679740724
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Starr, Kevin
Hersteller:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 132 x 47 mm
Von/Mit:	Kevin Starr
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.02.2006
Gewicht:	0,984 kg