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 | "¡Mi Raza Primero!" (My People First!): Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978 ISBN: 9780520935969 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Ethnic identity; Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th Century; Civil; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland ISBN: 9781400844173 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Oakland Region (Calif.) -- Race relations; Oakland Region (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Oakland Region (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- California -- Oakland Region -- History --; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford ISBN: 9780520973565 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Stanford Leland 1824–1893; Governors -- California -- Biography; Businesspeople -- California -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; California -- Politics and government -- 1850–1950; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings ISBN: 9780520955028 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Sources; San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Gay liberation movement -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; ; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics ISBN: 9780520923348 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Unruh Jesse 1922–1987; Politicians -- California -- Biography; Legislators -- California -- Biography; California. Legislature. Assembly -- Speakers -- Biography; California -- Politics and government -- 1945–; California -- Social conditions -- 20th ce; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles ISBN: 9780520938892 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Radicalism -- California -- Los Angles -- History -- 20th century; Right and left (Political science); African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics an; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Bohemian Los Angeles: and the Making of Modern Politics ISBN: 9780520941694 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Edendale (Los Angeles Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Edendale (Los Angeles Calif.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Edendale (Los Angeles Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- California; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It ISBN: 9780520947085 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: California -- Politics and government; Constitutional history -- California; Direct democracy -- California; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | California Crucible: The Forging of Modern American Liberalism ISBN: 9780812206241 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Liberalism -- California -- History -- 20th century; Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; California -- Politics and government -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown ISBN: 9780520939844 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Brown Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald) 1905–; Brown Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald) 1905 -- Family; Brown family; Governors -- California -- Biography; California -- Politics and government -- 1951–; California -- Social conditions -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression ISBN: 9780803236080 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Nebraska Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Women -- Political activity -- California; California -- Politics and government; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | California’s Recall Election of Gavin Newsom: COVID-19 and the Test of Leadership ISBN: 9781003217954 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Social Science Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Introductory Politics; Political Behavior and Participation; U.S. Politics; Government; International Politics; Local Government; Political Leaders; Protest Movements; American Politics; Public Opinion; State Politics; ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | Citizen Lobbyists: Local Efforts to Influence Public Policy ISBN: 9781592135714 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Lobbying -- United States -- States -- Citizen participation; Local government -- United States; Lobbying -- California -- Santa Ana -- Citizen participation -- Case studies; Santa Ana (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- Case studies; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940 ISBN: 9780520931145 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century; Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- California -- History -- 20th century; Energy policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Fluid Borders: Latino Power, Identity, and Politics in Los Angeles ISBN: 9780520938496 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews; Working class -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews; Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government; Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Ethnic; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy: Business, Power, and the Environment in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles ISBN: 9781469602707 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: California -- Economic policy -- 20th century; California -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Environmental policy -- California; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Inland Shift: Race, Space, and Capital in Southern California ISBN: 9780520964181 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Inland Empire (Calif.) -- Economic conditions; Labor movement -- California -- Inland Empire; Race discrimination -- California -- Inland Empire; Regional economics -- California -- Inland Empire; Inland Empire (Calif.) -- Politics and government; Inland; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Latino Metropolis ISBN: 9780816688555 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government; Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Economic conditions; Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Race identity; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations; L; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures ISBN: 9780472022120 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Political parties -- California; Politics Practical -- California; California. Legislature -- History; California -- Politics and government; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland ISBN: 9780520940888 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Oakland (Calif.) -- Race relations; Oakland (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Oakland (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- California -- Oakland -- History -- 20th century; Black power -- C; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles ISBN: 9780691188027 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: LOS ANGELES (CALIF.) -- POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; AFRO-AMERICANS -- CALIFORNIA -- LOS ANGELES -- POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; LOS ANGELES (CALIF.) -- RACE RELATIONS; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Power and Politics in California ISBN: 9781315663173 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Social Science Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Government; Politics & the Media; Political Behavior and Participation; U.S. Politics; State Politics; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California ISBN: 9780520947719 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: California -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Referendum -- California -- History -- 20th century; California -- Politics and government -- 1945–; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Recall!: California's Political Earthquake ISBN: 9781315701264 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Social Science Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Government; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Reinventing Citizenship: Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation ISBN: 9781452940847 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Community development -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Social service -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Community Act; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Rise and Triumph of the California Right, 1945-66 ISBN: 9781315292779 Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Social Science Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Government; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Shameful Victory: The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Red Scare, and the Hidden History of Chavez Ravine ISBN: 9780816532353 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Arizona Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles Calif.) -- History -- 20th century; Public housing -- California -- Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Hispanic American neighborhoods -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th c; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California ISBN: 9780520936485 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: California -- Politics and government -- 1846–1850; California -- Politics and government -- 1850–1950; Frontier and pioneer life -- California; Law -- California -- History -- 19th century; Legislation -- California -- History -- 19th century; California; ■ Detailed Information | |
| Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California ISBN: 9780520936485 Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Political History; Modern History (1700 to 1945); ■ Detailed Information (with preview link) | |
 | The City at Stake: Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los Angeles ISBN: 9781400849642 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government; Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Politics and government; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Charters; Secession -- California -- Los Angeles County; Secession -- California -- Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown ISBN: 9780520955011 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Brown Jerry 1938–; California -- Politics and government -- 1951-; Governors -- California -- Biography; ■ Detailed Information |