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9780321434890

People and Promise of California, The (A Longman Topics Reader)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321434890

  • ISBN10:

    0321434897

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-08-30
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

The People and Promise of Californiauses an exciting collection of readings focusing on the unique, diverse, and cutting edge culture of California to help students understand the strategies and skills of good writing. To help the reader understand the strategies and skills of good writing, using readings focusing on the culture of California. California cultural history General Interest; Regional Interest

Table of Contents

The Lure and the Letdown of California
A Nation-State
The Way West
What the Railroads Will Bring Us
You See Gridlock, I See Heaven
Graduation Marks Triumph for Homeless Woman
My Place in California
Statement to the House Unamerican Activities Committee (April 1951)
Blacklist: A Different Look at the 1947 HUAC Hearing
The Third California
Arrivals, Departures, and Culture Clashes
Population Whirligig
Excerpt from Los Angeles, Capital of the Third World
The Third Border
Being Japanese is Pretty Cool After All
Kids and Gangs: Seeking Solutions
The Anti-Heros: The LA 4
Le thi diem thuy
Excerpt from The Gangster We Are All Looking For
My Oakland: There Is A There There
Getting Our Fair Share
Tim Hodson,History, Myth, and Political Instability in California
California Here We Come
Battles for Fairness: California's Unions Fight Discrimination
Super-Sized Legislators: Should California Downsize its Districts?
Unprotected Californians: Health Care as the New Civil Rights Issue
Lesson One: Training Counts
College in California: Options Reduced?
Safety, Security, and Sustainability
The Promise of the Prison
A Hundred Rivers Run Through It
Sour Grapes: California Farm Workers' Endless Struggle 40 Years Later
Toxins on the Farms: Agricultural Abuses?
The Day California Cracks
Mind Your Language
The 2% Strategy: A Bold New Approach to Shape the Future of Southern California
The Paradox of the Hedge-Do Good Fences Really Make Good Neighbors?
A Shadow Falls Over the Square
From the Center to the Edges
Other Californians
Surfacing
"Slab City," from `Go West, Old Man."
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