Books written by Steven P. Erie
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Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
... 1998 ; Dan Walters , " A Showdown in the Water War , " San Diego Union - Tribune , January 29 , 1998 ; Walters , " Water Kremlin Facing Revolt , " Sacramento Bee , May 22 , 1998 ; Jonathan Heller , " Water Officials Decry Probe ...
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Rainbow's End: Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985
After Mayor Cermak's death, the struggling Kelly-Nash organization vied with Cermak protégé Governor Henry Horner for control of the state party and federal patronage. Roosevelt initially froze out the Chicago machine, remembering its ...
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Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
... see Gerald W. Jones , “ Water for Los Angeles , ” p . 110 , UCLA Oral History Program , 1987 . Jones was a former LADWP engineer in charge of the water - operating division . Also see Kahrl , Water and Power , pp . 265–68 . 36.
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Globalizing L.A.: Trade, Infrastructure, and Regional Development
The book should be of much interest to scholars who are concerned with the development of the L.A. region and the role of semi-autonomous governments in the United States and beyond. Jameson Doig, Princeton University"
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Paradise Plundered: Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego
... 55, 201, 207,229 branch-plant businesses, 15, 21 Braun, Gerry, 73,268 Brewster, Rudi M., 129, 131–32 bribery scandals, 8–9 Brown, Charles H., 44–45 Brown, Jerry, 52,211 Browner, Carol, 132 Brown Field, 224 brownouts, fire, 128–29, ...
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Reform of Metropolitan Governments
1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Board of Directors: Erwin D. Canham, Chairman, Robert O. Anderson, Harrison Brown, Edward J. Cleary, Joseph L. Fisher, Luther H. Foster, F. Kenneth Hare, Charles J. Hitch, ...
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Rainbow's End: Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985
The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities.
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Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
Praise for Steve Erie's previous book, Globalizing L.A.: "This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of Western cities, the politics of urban development, and especially the future politics of cities that are likely to ...