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Rock me on the water : 1974 : the year Los Angeles transformed movies, music, television, and politics Cover Image Book Book

Rock me on the water : 1974 : the year Los Angeles transformed movies, music, television, and politics / Ronald Brownstein.

Brownstein, Ronald, (author.).

Summary:

Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.

Record details

  • ISBN: 006289921X
  • ISBN: 9780062899217
  • Physical Description: 439 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: magic hour in Los Angeles -- January: Hollywood's fall and rise -- February: the republic of rock and roll -- March: the greatest night in television history -- April: already gone -- May: the ballad of Tom and Jane -- June: from Chinatown to Jerry Brown -- July: Hollywood's generational tipping point -- August: the Icarus of Los Angeles -- September: three roads to revolution -- October: the (white) boys' club -- November: breakthrough -- December: transitions.

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Subject: Popular culture > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Biography.
Nineteen seventy-four, A.D.
Nineteen seventies.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
Manners and customs.
Nineteen seventies.
Politics and culture.
Social conditions.
California > Los Angeles.
United States.
Genre: History.

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Burlington Public Library 979.4940 BROWNSTE 2021 39851001586842 Non-fiction Copy hold Available -

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