Not so golden after all : the rise and fall of California / Larry N. Gerston.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerston, Larry N.
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Political culture > California.
California > Civilization.
California > Politics and government.
California > Social conditions.
California > Economic conditions.
Physical Description:xxi, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Sec.1. The Setting: California dreaming
  • -- not!
  • The canary in the mine
  • Sec.2. The demography: Immigrants: Cultures and controversies
  • From farmers to assemblers to engineers
  • Life in the 'burbs---where there is no there there
  • Infrastructure on the brink of collapse
  • Sec.3. The politics: Where is the party?
  • Land of institutional gridlock
  • Hijacked! how powerful interests have taken over the state
  • Bankrupt state
  • Sec.4. Restoring the dream: Can this patient be saved?.