Full Description
The People and Promise of California uses 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.
Contents
CHAPTER 1 The Lure and Letdown of California Kevin Starr, A Nation-State Lewis Lapham, The Way West Henry George, What the Railroads Will Bring Us Douglas Fischer, You See Gridlock, I See Heaven Chris Moran, Graduation Marks Triumph for Homeless Woman DJ Waldie, My Place in California Robert Lees, Statement to the House Un-American Activities Committee (April 1951) Michael Mills, Blacklist: A Different Look at the 1947 HUAC Hearings Joel Kotkin and William Frey, The Third California CHAPTER 2 Arrivals, Departures, and Culture Clashes Carey McWilliams, Population Whirligig David Rieff, Excerpt from Los Angeles, Capital of the Third World Mike Davis, The Third Border Machiko Yasuda, Being Japanese Is Pretty Cool After All Alizah Salario, Kids and Gangs: Seeking Solutions Donna Mungen, The Anti-Heros: The LA4 le thi diem thuy, From The Gangster We Are All Looking For Ishmael Reed, My Oakland: There Is A There There CHAPTER 3 Getting Our Fair Share Tim Hodson, History, Myth, and Political Instability in California Peter Schrag, California, Here We Come Kenneth C. Burt, Battles for Fairness: California's Unions Fight Discrimination Heather Barbour, Super-Sized Legislators: Should California Downsize its Districts? John and Judith Glass, Unprotected Californians: Health Care as the New Civil Rights Issue Linda Darling-Hammond, Lesson One: Training Counts William E. Piland, College in California: Options Reduced? CHAPTER 4 Safety, Security, and Sustainability Joan Didion, The Promise of the Prison Wade Graham, A Hundred Rivers Run Through It Marc Cooper, Sour Grapes: California Farm Workers' Endless Struggle 40 Years Later Heng L. Foong, Mind Your Language Randall Lewis, The 2% Strategy: A Bold New Approach to Shape the Future of Southern California Greg Goldin, The Paradox of the Hedge-Do Good Fences Really Make Good Neighbors? Chris Thompson, A Shadow Falls Over the Square CHAPTER 5 From the Center to the Edges Gerald W. Haslam, Other Californians Matt Warshaw, Surfacing Clara Jeffrey, "Slab City," from "Go West, Old Man" StanleyPoss, Spaced Out West Christina Binkley, Morongo Tribe's New Casino Aims to Be a Hipster Magnet
