Zev's Los Angeles e-bog
2190,77 DKK
(inkl. moms 2738,46 DKK)
ALA TimesBestseller[A] compelling history of our citys last half century, as conveyed through the life of one of our most impactful leaders. Los Angeles Mayor Karen BassThis is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. His memoir charts the journey of a young social activist who battled to free Soviet Jews before becoming on...
E-bog
2190,77 DKK
Forlag
Cherry Orchard Books
Udgivet
30 maj 2023
Længde
360 sider
Genrer
Autobiography: historical, political and military
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9798887191683
ALA TimesBestseller[A] compelling history of our citys last half century, as conveyed through the life of one of our most impactful leaders. Los Angeles Mayor Karen BassThis is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. His memoir charts the journey of a young social activist who battled to free Soviet Jews before becoming one of the most consequential elected officials in Southern California. Fiercely independent, he combined an activists passion with a seasoned politicians skill to challenge the regions power brokers. He fought the Los Angeles Police Departments excessive force and political spying policies, led the effort to ban local taxes from funding the 1984 Olympics, teamed with President Clinton to avert a catastrophic county bankruptcy, helped develop L.A.s modern transit system, won a bruising battle with real estate interests to save the Santa Monica Mountains from rapacious development, and was pivotal in the development of Walt Disney Concert Hall and the modernization of the iconic Hollywood Bowl. I may be part of the establishment, he said on the day he was first sworn into office, but the establishment is not part of me.