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Trailblazer [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of Jerry Brown / / Chuck McFadden



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Autore: McFadden Chuck <1937-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Trailblazer [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of Jerry Brown / / Chuck McFadden Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
Disciplina: 979.4/05092
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Soggetto topico: Governors - California
Soggetto geografico: California Politics and government 1951-
Soggetto non controllato: biographical
biography
california democratic party
california
career
diplomacy
engaging
farm workers
grandiose ambitions
gritty world of politics
historical
idiosyncratic politicians
intimate portrait
key figures
linda ronstadt
lively
local history
mayor of oakland
page turner
political career
political experts
political royalty
political science
political style
romances
san francisco
sociology
unique persona
us politicians
usa california
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: The Comeback Codger -- 1. Early Years: Politics and Religion -- 2. Going Statewide: Learning the Ropes and Hunting Headlines -- 3. The Big Show -- 4. Romance, Flip-Flops, and Moonbeams -- 5. Back and Forth: Zen and Politics -- 6. The Governor-Turned-Mayor and Marriage -- 7. The Remarkable Election -- 8. Difficult Choices -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Three Inaugural Addresses -- Appendix 2: Author's Note on California's Constitution: Bigger, but Not Necessarily Better -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In this first biography of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. in more than thirty years, Chuck McFadden explores the unique persona of one of the most idiosyncratic politicians in California history. Son of California political royalty who forged his own political style against the tumultuous backdrop of a huge, balkanized state-and shoved to and fro by complex currents-Jerry Brown plumbed his visionary impulses as well as his grandiose ambitions. McFadden traces Brown's childhood in San Francisco, his time studying for the priesthood, his unusual political career, and his romances-including a long-term relationship with singer Linda Ronstadt. He describes Brown's first two terms as governor advocating for farm workers, women and minorities, his time roaming the world in a spiritual quest, and his return to the gritty world of politics as chairman of the California Democratic Party and then mayor of Oakland. Political experts weigh in with thoughts about the remarkable 2010 campaign that saw the 72-year-old Brown winning his third term in office while being vastly outspent by Republican Meg Whitman. Concise, insightful, and enlivened by the events and personalities that colored the history of California, Trailblazer provides an intimate portrait of the pugnacious, adept politician who has bucked national trends to become a leader of one of the largest economies in the world.
Titolo autorizzato: Trailblazer  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95501-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786228803321
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