Game Changers: Twelve Elections That Transformed California

By: Bruce Cain and Steve Swatt and Susie Swatt and Jeff Raimundo and Rebecca LaVally

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Synopsis: The latest CHS Book Award winner examines California's history through the prism of twelve elections that forever changed the state. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, including new interviews conducted by the authors, each chapter explores one election (Leland Stanford's gubernatorial race, the initiative that mandated term limits, and the Los Angeles Aqueduct Bond Measure, to name a few), revealing the forces behind the choices made at the polls and the consequences that carry over to this day. The authors offer thought-provoking interpretation rooted in decades of experience in journalism, public-policy analysis, and political consulting at the state Capitol. Through their perspectives we better understand the intricate game played in Sacramento by contenders such as the bespectacled and brilliant progressive reformer Hiram Johnson, iconoclastic muckraker-turned-candidate Upton Sinclair, and Proposition 13 author Howard Jarvis, with his zealous oratory and machete approach to tax reform. By focusing on elections, the authors show that Californians' voices are as powerful and transformative as the tectonic forces beneath us.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781597143226
Publisher:: Heyday Books
Date of Addition:: 10/12/19
Copyrighted By:: Steve Swatt, Susie Swatt, Jeff Raimundo, Rebecca LaVally, Bruce E. Cain
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:: Bruce E. Cain
With:: Susie Swatt
With:: Jeff Raimundo
With:: Rebecca LaVally