Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics Contributor(s): Brownstein, Ronald (Author) |
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ISBN: 006289921X ISBN-13: 9780062899217 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $29.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 979.494 |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.2" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 448 pages |
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Publisher Description: New York Times Bestseller Editors' Choice --New York Times Book Review In this exceptional cultural history, Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein--"one of America's best political journalists" (The Economist)--tells the kaleidoscopic story of one monumental year that marked the city of Los Angeles' creative peak, a glittering moment when popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would become.
Rock Me on the Water traces the confluence of movies, music, television, and politics in Los Angeles month by month through that transformative, magical year. Ronald Brownstein reveals how 1974 represented a confrontation between a massive younger generation intent on change, and a political order rooted in the status quo. Today, we are again witnessing a generational cultural divide. Brownstein shows how the voices resistant to change may win the political battle for a time, but they cannot hold back the future. |