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Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times by Willie Brown
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780743290814
- Book Title
- Basic Brown : My Life and Our Times
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, General, Political, American Government / General, Political Process / Political Parties, American Government / State, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 20.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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ToThe Washington Post, he's "The Last Political Showman of the 20th Century."Bill Clinton has called him "the real Slick Willie."Ronald Reagan's secretary of state George Shultz called this famously liberal politician "a man of his word" and endorsed his successful candidacy for mayor of San Francisco.Indeed Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both called upon him for advice and help. He is Willie L. Brown, Jr., and he knows how to get things done in politics, how to work both sides of the aisle to get results. Compared to him, Machiavelli looks meek. And drab.InBasic Brown, this product of rural, segregated Texas and the urban black neighborhoods of San Francisco tells how he rose through the civil rights movement to become the most potent black politician in America through his shrewd understanding and use of political power and political money. He adapts the lessons he has learned so they can be used by anyone -- black, female, male -- intent on acquiring political power.And this master of the political deal demonstrates why deals are not enough, and that political power grows only when public good is being done. Willie Brown shows how some of the most far-reaching and socially advanced legislation in American history -- like gun control, legalized abortion, gay rights, and school funding -- was carried out under his guidance and on his watch, and tells of the ingenuity, the political machinations, and the personal perseverance that were required to enact what now seems to many to be obvious legislation. These are stories of breathtaking, sometimes hilarious ruses and gambits that show that even the most high-minded legislation needs the assistance of the skills of a shark, which is what Willie Brown often sees himself as.Basic Brownis a compendium of insights and stories on the real forces governing power in American political life that will leave you looking at politics anew. It is also the inspiring and funny story of the rise of a gawky teenager in mail-order shoes and trousers who rose to entertain royalty and schoolchildren, superstars and supersize egos, the saintly and the scholarly, while working to transform and open American politics. If you ever wanted to learn how to be slick, a shark, a do-gooder, and a man of your word, Willie L. Brown, Jr., is the storyteller for you.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074329081x
ISBN-13
9780743290814
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038703564
Product Key Features
Book Title
Basic Brown : My Life and Our Times
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, General, Political, American Government / General, Political Process / Political Parties, American Government / State, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
20.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F866.4.B76
Table of Content
Contents Introduction: Willie Talk: The Hipster of the Breakfast Table PART ONE - WILLIE BROWN TALKS THE TALK 1. "Willie Brown, Who Are You Kidding?" 2. Willie Brown Is NOT Kidding 3. Consensus and Power 4. Sex Scandals and the Socializing Politician 5. The Power of Clothes: Don't Pull a Dukakis 6. Black Politics and Racism Today 7. Women in American Politics Today 8. Asking for Money Is Part of the Business 9. My Solution to the Campaign Finance Mess 10. Should One Politician Call the Cops on Another? PART TWO - WILLIE BROWN RISES IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS 11. A Black Teenager Arrives in San Francisco 12. Phil Burton, Herb Caen, Jesse Unruh, and Me 13. My Own Family Life 14. Gay Rights: How Some Historic Legislation Was Really Made 15. Starting On My Rise to Power 16. Stabbed in the Back on the Way Up 17. The Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk 18. Loyalty and Betrayal on the Way to the Top 19. Elected Speaker PART THREE - "AN OFFER LIKE THAT COULD LAND US BOTH IN JAIL" 20. Old-Time Money Scams 21. "An Offer Like That Could Land Us Both in Jail" 22. My Money-Raising Principles 23. Tricks the FBI Played to Try to Get Me 24. Gun Control; Nelson Mandela's California Allies; and Saving Kindergartens 25. Sustaining Speakership: Most Magnificent Moment 26. The Godfather and the Father of the House PART FOUR - DA MAYOR 27. Why Would You Want to Be Mayor? 28. Running for Mayor 29. Slick Willie: Da Mayor 30. A Mayor Is Actually Supposed to Solve Problems 31. The Selfish: The Killer Dynamic of City Politics 32. Traction and No Traction: Muni and Homelessness 33. Restoring the City's Crown Jewel 34. A Football Stadium and a Sadomasochistic Birthday Party 35. Schemers Scorned 36. Sacred Cartel 37. A Mayor Makes Friends with Warlords as Well as with Nice People 38. The Scared Days and an Urban Legend 39. The Political Life 40. What Is a Politician? AcknowledgmentsIndex
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2007-044956
Dewey Decimal
328.794092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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