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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- It Came from Berkeley
- ISBN
- 1423602544
- EAN
- 9781423602545
- Release Title
- It Came from Berkeley
- Artist
- Weinstein, Dave
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
ISBN-10
1423602544
ISBN-13
9781423602545
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66015802
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
It Came from Berkeley : How Berkeley Changed the World
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Historiography, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Higher
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
33.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2008-013969
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
979.4/67
Table Of Content
Introduction: How Berkeley Changed the World 8 How Berkeley Was Born 18 How Berkeley Took to the Hills 20 How Berkeley Remembered Its Spanish Heritage: Jose Domingo Peralta 24 How Berkeley Freed Its Slaves: Napoleon Bonaparte Byrne 26 How Berkeley Founded a University 29 How Berkeley Developed a Cow Town 33 How Berkeley's University Students Got the Spirit 35 How Berkeley's Coeds Doffed Their Hats 38 How Berkeley Communicated by Sign: The School for the Deaf and Blind 41 How Berkeley Entertained a Resort: M. B. Curtis 43 How Berkeley Got Religion 47 How Berkeley Developed Its Personality 50 How Berkeley Became Bohemian 52 How Berkeley Donned Tunics: Florence Treadwell Boynton 57 How Berkeley Revealed Nature's Spirit: William Keith 59 How Berkeley Promoted the Good Life: Charles Keeler 62 How Berkeley Developed Its Look: Bernard Maybeck 66 How Berkeley's University Cultivated a Beautiful Campus 72 How Berkeley Founded National Parks 76 How Berkeley Became Asian 83 How Berkeley Created a Great University 85 How Berkeley Went Dry 88 How Berkeley Boomed 90 How Berkeley Pioneered Modern Crime Fighting 93 How Berkeley Pioneered Women's Rights 96 How Berkeley Trod the Boards: Sam Hume 98 How Berkeley Went Socialist: Mayor J. Stitt Wilson 102 How Berkeley Caught the Flu 104 How Berkeley Burned 106 How Berkeley Won the Big Game 109 How Berkeley Seemed Ideal 112 How Berkeley Spurned Spanking 114 How Berkeley Invented Regional Parks 117 How Berkeley's University Howled for Sproul 121 How Berkeley Cooperated 123 How Berkeley Fought World War II 125 How Berkeley's Japanese Persevered through Adversity 129 How Berkeley Invented the Bomb 132 How Berkeley Challenged the Establishment 136 How Berkeley Invented Listener-Sponsored Radio 138 How Berkeley Swore an Oath 140 How Berkeley Broke the Racial Barrier 142 How Berkeley Pioneered School Integration 147 How Berkeley Promoted Free Speech 151 How Berkeley Rescued the Bay 154 How Berkeley Preserved Its Neighborhoods 156 How Berkeley Became the People's Republic 161 How Berkeley Erupted 166 How Berkeley Went "Berserkeley" 169 How Berkeley's Telegraph Avenue Suffered 172 How Berkeley Battled for a Park 175 How Berkeley Got Good Taste 179 How Berkeley Invented the Hot Tub 181 How Berkeley Found Its Sound 182 How Berkeley Discovered Yuppies 186 How Berkeley Invented Disability Rights 186 How Berkeley Women Grew Uppity 190 How Berkeley's Gays Held Hands 192 How Berkeley Indians Rallied 'Round Their Sacred Ground 194 How Berkeley Turned Green 199 How Berkeley Worried 202 Notes 204 Bibliography 216 Index 219
Synopsis
Why is Berkeley famous worldwide? Because of its inventiveness, its liberal attitudes, and its artists and writers. Did you know that public radio, California cuisine, the lie detector, the atomic bomb, free speech, the hot tub, and yuppies were all invented in this all-American city? J. Stitt Wilson, Berkeley's first Socialist mayor, once said, "Any kind of a day in Berkeley seems sweeter than the best day anywhere else." In How Berkeley Became Berkeley, Dave Weinstein goes about showing us just that. He tells the story of this unique city from the beginning-the 1840s-to present day by focusing on the events and people that made Berkeley into the famous-and infamous-place that it continues to be. More than any other general book about Berkeley, How Berkeley Became Berkeley brings the history of the town and the university to life with anecdotes that are amusing, surprising, sometimes shocking, and often touching. Dave Weinstein, a native of Long Island, New York, received his undergraduate degree in art history at Columbia University in 1973, and then studied journalism at UC Berkeley. He has lived in the Bay Area for thirty years, and spent twenty years as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers. Dave has written two books, Signature Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the text for a photo book Berkeley Rocks. He writes for the magazine CA Modern, and for four years has been writing a popular series of architect profiles for the San Francisco Chronicle., Why is Berkeley famous worldwide? Because of its inventiveness, its liberal attitudes, and its artists and writers. Did you know that public radio, California cuisine, the lie detector, the atomic bomb, free speech, the hot tub, and yuppies were all invented in this all-American city?
LC Classification Number
F869.B5W45 2008
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