Building home [[electronic resource] ] : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / / Eric John Abrahamson |
Autore | Abrahamson Eric John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina |
332.3/2092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Mortgage loans - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Savings and loan associations - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century American Dream - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century america
biographical book club books books for history lovers building your own company california history chronicles ahmanson discussion books entrepreneurship history of the american dream history of western united states history how to manage a business how to start a business howard ahmanson industrial history leisure reads managed economy political economy risk management southern california success in postwar america successful entrepreneurs urban history vacation books |
ISBN |
1-283-86030-9
0-520-95342-8 |
Classificazione | HIS036140 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Father as Mentor -- 2. Among the Lotus Eaters -- 3. Undertaker at a Plague -- 4. The Common Experience -- 5. Building Home -- 6. Scaling Up -- 7. Home and the State -- 8. Political Economy -- 9. Big Business -- 10. The Crest of a New Wave -- 11. Southland Patrician -- 12. Influence -- 13. Short of Domestic Bliss -- 14. Breakdown of Consensus -- 15. Crisis of the Managed Economy -- 16. A New Way of Life -- 17. A Personal Epic -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786583103321 |
Abrahamson Eric John
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Building home [[electronic resource] ] : Howard F. Ahmanson and the politics of the American dream / / Eric John Abrahamson |
Autore | Abrahamson Eric John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
Disciplina |
332.3/2092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Mortgage loans - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century
Savings and loan associations - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century American Dream - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century america
biographical book club books books for history lovers building your own company california history chronicles ahmanson discussion books entrepreneurship history of the american dream history of western united states history how to manage a business how to start a business howard ahmanson industrial history leisure reads managed economy political economy risk management southern california success in postwar america successful entrepreneurs urban history vacation books |
ISBN |
1-283-86030-9
0-520-95342-8 |
Classificazione | HIS036140 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Father as Mentor -- 2. Among the Lotus Eaters -- 3. Undertaker at a Plague -- 4. The Common Experience -- 5. Building Home -- 6. Scaling Up -- 7. Home and the State -- 8. Political Economy -- 9. Big Business -- 10. The Crest of a New Wave -- 11. Southland Patrician -- 12. Influence -- 13. Short of Domestic Bliss -- 14. Breakdown of Consensus -- 15. Crisis of the Managed Economy -- 16. A New Way of Life -- 17. A Personal Epic -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826918703321 |
Abrahamson Eric John
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Caesar in the USA [[electronic resource] /] / Maria Wyke |
Autore | Wyke Maria |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.20973 |
Collana | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico | Political culture - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century america
american culture american entertainment american history american industries american politics ancient roman history ancient rome anthropology books for history lovers caesar ideologies caesar impact on american culture coffee table books distractions for kids easy to read engaging home school history books interesting books julius caesar major american events nonfiction page turner political crisis quarantine books shaping of the united states totalitarianism |
ISBN |
1-283-64635-8
0-520-95427-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Education -- pt. 2. Political culture. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785979803321 |
Wyke Maria
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Caesar in the USA [[electronic resource] /] / Maria Wyke |
Autore | Wyke Maria |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.20973 |
Collana | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico | Political culture - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century america
american culture american entertainment american history american industries american politics ancient roman history ancient rome anthropology books for history lovers caesar ideologies caesar impact on american culture coffee table books distractions for kids easy to read engaging home school history books interesting books julius caesar major american events nonfiction page turner political crisis quarantine books shaping of the united states totalitarianism |
ISBN |
1-283-64635-8
0-520-95427-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Education -- pt. 2. Political culture. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824548503321 |
Wyke Maria
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Jazz/Not Jazz : The Music and Its Boundaries / / David Ake, Charles Hiroshi Garrett, Daniel Ira Goldmark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 781.65 |
Soggetto topico |
Jazz - History and criticism
Jazz -- History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century america
20th century music african american history african american jazz afro-latin jazz american music history american music asian american jazz black music books for music lovers caribbean jazz evolution of jazz history of jazz history of music intercultural music jazz and blues jazz icons jazz literature jazz lovers jazz music jazz performers jazz studies jazz tradition latin jazz louis armstrong music and culture music history majors music studies musicians |
ISBN |
1-280-49188-4
9786613587114 0-520-95135-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Incorporation and Distinction in Jazz History and Jazz Historiography -- 2. Louis Armstrong Loves Guy Lombardo -- 3. The Humor of Jazz -- 4. Creating Boundaries in the Virtual Jazz Community -- 5. Latin Jazz, Afro- Latin Jazz, Afro- Cuban Jazz, Cubop, Ca rib be an Jazz, Jazz Latin, or Just . . . Jazz: The Politics of Locating an Intercultural Music -- 6. Jazz with Strings: Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook -- 7. "Slightly Left of Center": Atlantic Rec ords and the Problems of Genre -- 8. The Praxis of Composition- Improvisation and the Poetics of Creative Kinship -- 9. The Sound of Struggle: Black Revolutionary Nationalism and Asian American Jazz -- 10. Voices from the Jazz Wilderness: Locating Pacific Northwest Vocal Ensembles within Jazz Education -- 11. Crossing the Street: Rethinking Jazz Education -- 12. Deconstructing the Jazz Tradition: The "Subjectless Subject" of New Jazz Studies -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779284203321 |
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Jazz/Not Jazz : The Music and Its Boundaries / / David Ake, Charles Hiroshi Garrett, Daniel Ira Goldmark |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 781.65 |
Soggetto topico |
Jazz - History and criticism
Jazz -- History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century america
20th century music african american history african american jazz afro-latin jazz american music history american music asian american jazz black music books for music lovers caribbean jazz evolution of jazz history of jazz history of music intercultural music jazz and blues jazz icons jazz literature jazz lovers jazz music jazz performers jazz studies jazz tradition latin jazz louis armstrong music and culture music history majors music studies musicians |
ISBN |
1-280-49188-4
9786613587114 0-520-95135-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Incorporation and Distinction in Jazz History and Jazz Historiography -- 2. Louis Armstrong Loves Guy Lombardo -- 3. The Humor of Jazz -- 4. Creating Boundaries in the Virtual Jazz Community -- 5. Latin Jazz, Afro- Latin Jazz, Afro- Cuban Jazz, Cubop, Ca rib be an Jazz, Jazz Latin, or Just . . . Jazz: The Politics of Locating an Intercultural Music -- 6. Jazz with Strings: Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook -- 7. "Slightly Left of Center": Atlantic Rec ords and the Problems of Genre -- 8. The Praxis of Composition- Improvisation and the Poetics of Creative Kinship -- 9. The Sound of Struggle: Black Revolutionary Nationalism and Asian American Jazz -- 10. Voices from the Jazz Wilderness: Locating Pacific Northwest Vocal Ensembles within Jazz Education -- 11. Crossing the Street: Rethinking Jazz Education -- 12. Deconstructing the Jazz Tradition: The "Subjectless Subject" of New Jazz Studies -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816791003321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
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The last great strike : Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America / / Ahmed White |
Autore | White Ahmed <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.892/8691097309043 |
Soggetto topico |
Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937
Iron and steel workers - Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century New Deal, 1933-1939 |
Soggetto non controllato |
1930s labor disputes
20th century america 20th century labor movement american history american steel capitalism deadly labor disputes depression era labor industrial labor movements industrial labor labor history labor organization labor rights labor riots labor strikes of the 1930s labor studies last great strike last major strike in america little steel strike little steel new deal reforms social history steel industry union history union rights united steel workers us labor movement |
ISBN | 0-520-96101-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: LABOR, LITTLE STEEL , AND THE NEW DEAL -- 1. Like a Penitentiary: STEEL AND THE ORIGINS OF THE OPEN SHOP -- 2. They Should Honor Us: WORK AND CONFLICT IN THE OPEN SHOP ERA -- 3. Sure, We Have Guns: THE OPEN SHOP IN THE DEPRESSION ERA -- 4. I Never Gave That Guy Nothin': THE NEW DEAL AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LABOR RELATIONS -- 5. To Banish Fear: THE CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE STEEL -- 6. The Spirit of Unrest: FROM STALEMATE TO WALKOUT -- 7. In the Name of the People: THE INCIDENT ON MEMORIAL DAY -- 8. What Had to Be Done: THE STRUGGLE AT THE MILL GATES -- 9. A Change of Heart: CORPORATE POWER AND NEW DEAL STRIKEBREAKING -- 10. Let's Bust Them Up: LAST STRUGGLES AND DEFEAT -- 11. A Steel Strike Is Not a Picnic. THE ANATOMY OF FAILURE -- 12. Kind of a Victory: NEW DEAL LABOR LAW ON TRIAL -- 13. Unreconciled: WAR, VICTORY, AND THE LEGACIES OF DEFEAT -- Conclusion: THESE THINGS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO US -- Appendix -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797784603321 |
White Ahmed <1970->
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The last great strike : Little Steel, the CIO, and the struggle for labor rights in New Deal America / / Ahmed White |
Autore | White Ahmed <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.892/8691097309043 |
Soggetto topico |
Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937
Iron and steel workers - Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century New Deal, 1933-1939 |
Soggetto non controllato |
1930s labor disputes
20th century america 20th century labor movement american history american steel capitalism deadly labor disputes depression era labor industrial labor movements industrial labor labor history labor organization labor rights labor riots labor strikes of the 1930s labor studies last great strike last major strike in america little steel strike little steel new deal reforms social history steel industry union history union rights united steel workers us labor movement |
ISBN | 0-520-96101-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: LABOR, LITTLE STEEL , AND THE NEW DEAL -- 1. Like a Penitentiary: STEEL AND THE ORIGINS OF THE OPEN SHOP -- 2. They Should Honor Us: WORK AND CONFLICT IN THE OPEN SHOP ERA -- 3. Sure, We Have Guns: THE OPEN SHOP IN THE DEPRESSION ERA -- 4. I Never Gave That Guy Nothin': THE NEW DEAL AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LABOR RELATIONS -- 5. To Banish Fear: THE CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE STEEL -- 6. The Spirit of Unrest: FROM STALEMATE TO WALKOUT -- 7. In the Name of the People: THE INCIDENT ON MEMORIAL DAY -- 8. What Had to Be Done: THE STRUGGLE AT THE MILL GATES -- 9. A Change of Heart: CORPORATE POWER AND NEW DEAL STRIKEBREAKING -- 10. Let's Bust Them Up: LAST STRUGGLES AND DEFEAT -- 11. A Steel Strike Is Not a Picnic. THE ANATOMY OF FAILURE -- 12. Kind of a Victory: NEW DEAL LABOR LAW ON TRIAL -- 13. Unreconciled: WAR, VICTORY, AND THE LEGACIES OF DEFEAT -- Conclusion: THESE THINGS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO US -- Appendix -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818109503321 |
White Ahmed <1970->
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Music and politics in San Francisco [[electronic resource] ] : from the 1906 quake to the Second World War / / Leta E. Miller |
Autore | Miller Leta E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of CA Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
Disciplina | 780.9794/6109041 |
Collana | CA studies in 20th-century music |
Soggetto topico |
Music - Political aspects - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century
Music - Social aspects - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1930s california
20th century america 20th century music american music history asian americans asian music california history california politics chinese immigration chinese opera classical music great depression history of jazz history of opera history live arts music and racism music and segregation music history and criticism music night club jazz philharmonic realistic san francisco symphony san franciscos fairs us history west coast history west coast music wwii america wwii music |
ISBN |
1-283-31140-2
9786613311405 0-520-95009-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Paris of the West: San Francisco at the Turn of the Century -- 2. The Politics of Class The San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the Lure of European Culture (1911 - 1930) -- 3. The Politics of Race: Chinatown, Forbidden and Alluring -- INTERLUDE 1: Two Musical Tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown -- 4. The Politics of Labor: The Union(s), the Clubs and Theaters, and the Predicament of Black Musicians -- 5. Musical Utopias: Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory -- 6. Opera: The People's Music or a Diversion for the Rich? -- 7. The Despair of the Depression and the Clash of Race -- 8. Ultramodernism and Other Contemporary Offerings: Looking West, Challenging the East -- 9. The Politics of Work: Idealism Confronts Bureaucracy in the Federal Music Project -- INTERLUDE 2. Highlights from San Francisco's Federal Music Project: Take Your Choice and Keeton's Concert Spirituals -- 10. Welcoming the World: San Francisco's Fairs of 1915 and 1939 - 1940 -- 11. Aftermath -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789765703321 |
Miller Leta E
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Music and politics in San Francisco [[electronic resource] ] : from the 1906 quake to the Second World War / / Leta E. Miller |
Autore | Miller Leta E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of CA Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
Disciplina | 780.9794/6109041 |
Collana | CA studies in 20th-century music |
Soggetto topico |
Music - Political aspects - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century
Music - Social aspects - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
1930s california
20th century america 20th century music american music history asian americans asian music california history california politics chinese immigration chinese opera classical music great depression history of jazz history of opera history live arts music and racism music and segregation music history and criticism music night club jazz philharmonic realistic san francisco symphony san franciscos fairs us history west coast history west coast music wwii america wwii music |
ISBN |
1-283-31140-2
9786613311405 0-520-95009-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Paris of the West: San Francisco at the Turn of the Century -- 2. The Politics of Class The San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the Lure of European Culture (1911 - 1930) -- 3. The Politics of Race: Chinatown, Forbidden and Alluring -- INTERLUDE 1: Two Musical Tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown -- 4. The Politics of Labor: The Union(s), the Clubs and Theaters, and the Predicament of Black Musicians -- 5. Musical Utopias: Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory -- 6. Opera: The People's Music or a Diversion for the Rich? -- 7. The Despair of the Depression and the Clash of Race -- 8. Ultramodernism and Other Contemporary Offerings: Looking West, Challenging the East -- 9. The Politics of Work: Idealism Confronts Bureaucracy in the Federal Music Project -- INTERLUDE 2. Highlights from San Francisco's Federal Music Project: Take Your Choice and Keeton's Concert Spirituals -- 10. Welcoming the World: San Francisco's Fairs of 1915 and 1939 - 1940 -- 11. Aftermath -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828309703321 |
Miller Leta E
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