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Big Daddy : Jesse Unruh and the art of power politics /

Main Author: Boyarsky, Bill.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Unruh, Jesse, > 1922-1987.
Unruh, Jesse, > 1922-1987 > Influence.
Politicians > California
Legislators > California
Center parties > United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
HISTORY > State & Local > United States > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Center parties.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Legislators.
Orators.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
California > Politics and government > 1951-
California > Social conditions > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
California.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=212110
Table of Contents:
  • The death of a boss
  • The road to California
  • The GI Bill of Rights
  • Hat in the ring
  • The education of a rookie
  • Segregation and the unruh civil rights act
  • Fair housing and white backlash
  • Animal house
  • Backstabbing democrats
  • Dirty dealings and high idealism
  • A full-time legislature
  • Unruh, Robert Kennedy, and the anti-war movement
  • Unruh versus Reagan
  • The man with the money.

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