Not So Golden After All: The Rise and Fall of California

by Larry N. Gerston

Book Overview

Quality public education, modern highway systems, and reasonably priced housing-these are just some of the qualities that once made California one of the most desirable places to live. Just a few decades later, the state finds itself with an education system that is failing its citizens, one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, and a quickly evaporating dream of home ownership.

Illustrating each step of the breakdown that led...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439880123
• ISBN13: 9781439880128
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"