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The Political Career of Jesse Marvin Unruh

Jackson K. Putnam (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

462 Seiten

2005
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3067-2 (ISBN)

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Jesse Marvin Unruh acquired a national political reputation despite the fact that he never gained office above the California governmental level. He spent sixteen years (1955-1970) in the state legislature, seven of them as assembly speaker. While there he secured passage of moderate-liberal legislation and upgraded the quality of the state legislature to the number one position in the nation. Unruh curbed the power of special interest lobbies and induced them to support his legislative program. He also kept the state Democratic Party in a moderate political position as the Republicans moved ever further to the right. Although Governors Pat Brown and Ronald Reagan frustrated his desire to attain the Governorship, Unruh was elected State Treasurer in 1974. He transformed the office into one of great power to such an extent that by the time of his death in 1987 he was being referred to as 'the best governor California never had.' In the meantime, his close connections with the Kennedy family, especially John and Robert, his reputation as a political pundit, and his powerful influence on Wall Street, earned Unruh great respect far beyond his California base.

Jackson K. Putnam is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, Fullerton. Professor Putnam received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is also author of Old-Age Politics in California and Modern California Politics.

Chapter 1 Introduction and Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Youth: From Land to Sea, 1922-1945
Chapter 3 Studying, Working, and Running, 1945-1954
Chapter 4 The Legislator: Apprenticeship, 1955-1957
Chapter 5 The Road to the Speaker's Chair, 1958-1961
Chapter 6 The Speaker: Unruh and His System 1961-1968
Chapter 7 The Speaker's Agenda: Political, Socio-economic, and Cultural
Chapter 8 The Speaker and the Governor: Pat Brown, 1962-1966
Chapter 9 The Speaker and the Governor: Ronald Reagan, 1967-1968
Chapter 10 Reagan, Unruh, and RFK in the 1968 Election
Chapter 11 Minority Leader and Free Agent, 1969-1970
Chapter 12 The Race for Governor, 1970
Chapter 13 The Treasurer: An Overview of Unruh's Post-Legislative Career, 1970-1987
Chapter 14 Summary and Epilogue
Chapter 15 Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.5.2005
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 262 mm
Gewicht	1129 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7618-3067-7 / 0761830677
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3067-2 / 9780761830672
Zustand	Neuware