1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455282503321

Autore

Rarick Ethan <1964->

Titolo

California rising [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of Pat Brown / / Ethan Rarick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-35852-9

9786612358524

0-520-93984-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (535 p.)

Disciplina

979.4/053/092

B

Soggetti

Governors - California

Electronic books.

California Politics and government 1951-

California Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-484) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Go-getters -- 2. A New Religion -- 3. The Chairs of Politics -- 4. Waiting -- 5. Victory -- 6. The Big Wallop -- 7. All These Students -- 8. Anguish -- 9. Cigar Smoke -- 10. Building a River -- 11. "By God, I Can Beat That Son of a Bitch" -- 12. Race and Politics -- 13. Rejection -- 14. Berkeley -- 15. Watts -- 16. Tired Old Governor -- 17. Dynasty -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 course-including Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and the Brown family dynasty. Ethan Rarick mines an impressive array of untapped sources-such as Pat Brown's diary and love letters to his wife-to tell the unforgettable story of a true mover-and-shaker within his fascinating and turbulent political arena.



California Rising illuminates a singular moment in time with surprising intimacy. John Kennedy laughs with Pat Brown. Richard Nixon offers the governor a schemer's deal. Lyndon Johnson sweet-talks the governor on the phone and then ridicules him behind his back. And as context for the human drama, key events of the era unfold in gripping prose. There is Brown's struggle with the fate of Caryl Chessman, the convicted kidnapper who gained international attention by writing best-selling books on death row. There is the tale of intrigue and politics surrounding the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964, and the violence and horror of the Watts Riots in 1965. Through the story of the life and times of Pat Brown, we witness an extraordinary period that changed the entire country's view of itself and its most famous state.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706980803321

Titolo

Studies of geology and hydrology in the Basin and Range province, southwestern United States, for isolation of high-level radioactive waste : characterization of the Sonoran region, Arizona / / edited by M.S. Bedinger, K.A. Sargent, and William H. Langer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1987

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, D40 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) + + 6 plates

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1370-D

Soggetti

Geology - Arizona

Geology - Sonoran Desert

Groundwater - Arizona

Groundwater - Sonoran Desert

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Arizona

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Sonoran Desert

Geology

Groundwater

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground

Arizona

North America Sonoran Desert

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed October 14, 2014).

"Prepared in cooperation with the states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788998603321

Autore

Noddings Nel

Titolo

The maternal factor [[electronic resource] ] : two paths to morality / / Nel Noddings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76406-3

9786612764066

0-520-94780-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

171/.7

Soggetti

Caring

Motherhood - Moral and ethical aspects

Ethics, Evolutionary

Feminist ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Evolution of Morality -- TWO. The Caring Relation -- THREE. Ethical Caring and Obligation -- FOUR. The Limits of Autonomy -- FIVE. Relation, Virtue, and Religion -- SIX. Emotions and Reason -- SEVEN. Needs, Wants, and Interests -- EIGHT. War and Violence -- NINE. Convergence -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative new book, renowned educator and philosopher Nel Noddings extends her influential work on the ethics of care toward a compelling objective-global peace and justice. She asks: If we celebrate the success of women becoming more like men in professional life,



should we not simultaneously hope that men become more like women-in caring for others, rejecting violence, and valuing the work of caring both publicly and personally? Drawing on current work on evolution, and bringing concrete examples from women's lived experience to make a strong case for her position, Noddings answers this question by locating one source of morality in maternal instinct. She traces the development of the maternal instinct to natural caring and ethical caring, offering a preliminary sketch of what a care-driven concept of justice might look like. Finally, to advance the cause of caring, peace, and women's advancement, Noddings urges women to abandon institutional, patriarchal religion and to seek their own paths to spirituality.