"Asian Americans are emerging as a political force and yet their politics have not been systematically studied by either social scientists or politicians. Asian American politics transcend simple questions of voting behavior and elective office, going all the way back to early immigration laws and all the way forward to ethnic targeting. For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian Ameri ..."
Beyond Chinatown(1st Edition) The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California by Steven P. Erie, Harold David Brackman, HaroldBrackman Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2006 by Stanford University Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-5140-7, ISBN: 0-8047-5140-4
"As urban growth outstrips water supplies, how can the global challenge of providing "liquid gold" be met? Mixing history and policy analysis, Steven Erie tells the compelling story of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD)―one of the world's largest and most important public water agencies―and its role in building the world's 8th largest economy in a semi-desert. No tawdry tale of secret backroom conspiracies―as ..."
"Asian Americans are emerging as a political force and yet their politics have not been systematically studied by either social scientists or politicians. Asian American politics transcend simple questions of voting behavior and elective office, going all the way back to early immigration laws and all the way forward to ethnic targeting. For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian Americ ..."
Measure of Justice(1st Edition) An Empirical Study of Changes in the California Penal Code, 1955-71 (Quantitative studies in social relations) by Richard A. Berk, HaroldBrackman, Selma Lesser, Etc. Richard Berk Hardcover, 331 Pages, Published 1977 by Academic Press Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-12-091550-7, ISBN: 0-12-091550-2
"A fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 312 pages; A volume of the Quantitative Studies in Social Relations series. Subjects: Criminal law - Research - California."