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| 61. |  | Title: Reorganizing the Rust Belt: an inside study of the American labor movement Author: Lopez, Steven Henry 1968- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Sociology | Economics and Business | Labor Studies | Public Policy | Anthropology | Urban Studies | Urban Studies Publisher's Description: This gripping insider's look at the contemporary American trade union movement shows that reports of organized labor's death are premature. In this eloquent and erudite narrative, Steven Henry Lopez demonstrates how, despite a hostile legal environment and the punitive anti-unionism of U.S. employer . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 62. |  | Title: Water and American government: the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 Author: Pisani, Donald J Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | United States History | Water | Public Policy | Geography | California and the West | Californian and Western History Publisher's Description: Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country - shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 63. |  | Title: Agrarian dreams: the paradox of organic farming in California Author: Guthman, Julie Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: Environmental Studies | California and the West | Public Policy | Social Science | Agriculture | Geography | Food and Cooking Publisher's Description: In an era of escalating food politics, many believe organic farming to be the agrarian answer. In this first comprehensive study of organic farming in California, Julie Guthman casts doubt on the current wisdom about organic food and agriculture, at least as it has evolved in the Golden State. Refut . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 64. |  | Title: Tobacco war: inside the California battles  Author: Glantz, Stanton A Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: American Studies | California and the West | Public Policy | Politics | Social Problems | Economics and Business | Medicine | Environmental Studies | Sociology Publisher's Description: Tobacco War charts the dramatic and complex history of tobacco politics in California over the past quarter century. Beginning with the activities of a small band of activists who, in the 1970s, put forward the radical notion that people should not have to breathe second-hand tobacco smoke, Stanton . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 65. |  | Title: Livable cities?: urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability Author: Evans, Peter B 1944- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: American Studies | Environmental Studies | Social Problems | Public Policy | Political Theory | Pacific Rim Studies | Urban Studies | Latin American Studies | Urban Studies | Urban Studies Publisher's Description: The sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unlivable. Pollution is rising, affordable housing is decreasing, and green space is shrinking. Since three-quarters of . . . [more] Similar Items |