California History articles from June 2009

California History archives from June 2009

Political animals.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
June 22, 2009... Aristotle, whose interest in biology rivaled his expertise in statecraft, famously wrote that "Man is by nature a political animal." We are all political animals--and so are many of our quadruped, flippered, and fluke-tailed relations....

Collections.(Cry California )(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... Preserving the state's wilderness areas was one of many topics explored in Cry California, the magazine of the nonprofit educational group California Tomorrow. From 1965 to 1982, Cry California presented the findings of conservationists,...

Politically desperate housewives: women and conservatism in postwar Los Angeles.
June 22, 2009... As Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev and President Dwight Eisenhower made efforts to liberalize relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, progressive Californians gestured warmly toward Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Anastas...

The perilous fight: the rise of Ramparts magazine, 1965-1966.(Essay)
June 22, 2009... AT ITS PEAK, Ramparts magazine was America's premier leftist publication. Founded by Edward Keating in 1962, it began as a Catholic literary quarterly based in Menlo Park, California. But when a young Warren Hinckle became editor in 1964, he...

Two radicals and their Los Angeles: Harrison Gray Otis and Job Harriman.(Los Angeles, California)(Essay)
June 22, 2009... Harrison Gray Otis and Job Harriman were part of the flood of Midwesterners who came to Los Angeles for health and wealth in the late nineteenth century. The two men rose to prominence in their adopted city, each pursuing very different visions...

Los Angeles times women's section.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... LOS ANGELES TIMES WOMEN'S SECTION Number of Articles Number of about Date of ...

Berkeley: A City in History.(Berkeley Bohemia: Artists and Visionaries of the Early 20th Century )(Book review)
June 22, 2009... BERKELEY: A CITY IN HISTORY By Charles Wollenberg (Berkeley: University of California, 2008, 240 pp., $18.95) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BERKELEY BOHEMIA: ARTISTS AND VISIONARIES OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY By Ed Herny, Shelley...

The Development of Los Angeles City Government: An Institutional History, 1850-2000.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOS ANGELES CITY GOVERNMENT: AN INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, 1850-2000 Edited by Hynda Rudd and Tom Sitton (Los Angeles: Los Angeles City Historical Society, 2007, 2 vols., 1021 pp., $100 cloth) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California.(Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water Transfer)(Book review)
June 22, 2009... MANAGING WATER: AVOIDING CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA By Dorothy Green (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007, 336 pp., $60.00 cloth, $24.95 paper) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OWENS VALLEY REVISITED: A REASSESSMENT OF THE WEST'S FIRST...

The Great Land: How Western America Nearly Became A Russian Possession.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... THE GREAT LAND: HOW WESTERN AMERICA NEARLY BECAME A RUSSIAN POSSESSION By Jeremy Atiyah (North Hollywood, CA: The Parker Press, 2008, 250 pp., $29.95 cloth) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IF ONE JUDGES Jeremy Atiyah's posthumously...

A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture Since 1929.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... A REVOLUTION DOWN ON THE FARM: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE SINCE 1929 By Paul K. Conkin (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008, 256 pp., $29.99 cloth) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PAUL CONKIN'S A Revolution Down...

Donors.
June 22, 2009... The California Historical Society is deeply grateful to the following individuals, corporations, foundations, and government and business organizations for their contributions. INDIVIDUALS $50,OOO and above Anonymous $10,000...

Spotlight.(Photograph)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Vietnam War was the defining event for a generation of Americans growing up during the 1950s, when defense of God and country was an inevitable task. The war presented a profound moral dilemma for many who were...