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Author Brownstein, Ronald, author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2021]
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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  979.4 BRO    Storage
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Edition First edition.
Description 439 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-428) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY).
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Nineteen seventies. (OCoLC)fst01037812
Politics and culture. (OCoLC)fst01069952
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
California -- Los Angeles. (OCoLC)fst01204540
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 006289921X (hardback)
9780062899217 (hardback)
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