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9781890771416

Fool's Paradise

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    9781890771416

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    1890771414

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
  • Publisher: Heyday Books
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Summary

Carey McWilliams (1905-1980) -- lawyer, activist, historian, editor of The Nation for two decades -- wrote the history of California as no one else could, or would. Alternately scathing, amusing, and disturbing, his sharp and literate accounts shatter the myths meant to obscure the real workings of the state, revealing always the relationship between the exploited and those who would exploit them.

Readers will find that McWilliams's writing on history and the issues of his day is still relevant -- in fact, it is the basis for the field that we now call California studies

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Foreword ix
Wilson Carey McWilliams
Introduction xix
Gray Brechin
MECCA OF THE MIRACULOUS
The Growth of a Legend
3(14)
Mecca of the Miraculous
17(14)
Sister Aimee
31(4)
``God Will Slap You Cockeyed''
35(4)
The Folklore of Earthquakes
39(4)
The Politics of Utopia
43(36)
THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION
The Lynching of Juanita
79(6)
The Long-Suffering Chinese
85(14)
The Joads at Home
99(8)
Exodus from the West Coast
107(32)
Storm Signals
139(8)
THE ABUSE OF POWER
Water! Water! Water!
147(18)
The Wheatland Riot
165(10)
The Pattern of Violence
175(18)
Blood on the Pavements
193(16)
THE PRACTICE OF POLITICS
Strange Doings in California
209(4)
The Education of Evans Carlson
213(8)
Mr. Tenney's Horrible Awakening
221(6)
Bungling in California
227(4)
The Old Fresno Magic
231(2)
The Kennedys Take Over
233(4)
Has Success Spoiled Dick Nixon?
237(6)
The Politics of Personality
243(2)
Mr. Nixon and the Press
245(2)
How to Succeed with the Backlash
247(6)
Paradise Reagan-ed
253(10)
AFTERWORD
Living in Five Worlds
257(6)
Permissions 263

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