Streets of San Francisco - Policing Creation of a Cosmopolitan Liberal Politics, 1950 1972

Liberalism in San Francisco in the years right after World War II was mostly confined to notions of state welfare and business regulation. It wasn't until the 1950s and 1960s, when new peoples and cultures poured into the city, that San Francisco produced a new liberal politics. The author details this fascinating transition.

About the author

Christopher Lowen Agee is assistant professor in the history department at the University of Colorado Denver.

Summary

Liberalism in San Francisco in the years right after World War II was mostly confined to notions of state welfare and business regulation. It wasn't until the 1950s and 1960s, when new peoples and cultures poured into the city, that San Francisco produced a new liberal politics. The author details this fascinating transition.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Lowen Agee, Agee Christopher Lowen
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9780226122281
• ISBN: 978-0-226-12228-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government