Research Catalog

Title

Good liberals and great blue herons : land, labor and politics in the Pajaro Valley / Frank Bardacke.

Author

Bardacke, Frank.

Publication

Santa Cruz, Calif. : Center for Political Ecology, c1994.

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Holdings

Details

Description

x, 137 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"A collection of essays written in the midst of Watsonville labor and community struggles by a 35-year veteran of radical politics"--Bookdealer's description.

Alternative Title

• Good liberals & great blue herons
• Land, labor and politics in the Pajaro Valley
• Good liberals & great blue herons.
• Land, labor and politics in the Pajaro Valley.

Subject

• Working class > Pajaro River Valley
• Land use > Pajaro River Valley
• Authors, American > Santa Cruz County
• Watsonville (Calif.) > Politics and government
• Santa Cruz County (Calif.) > Imprints

Genre/Form

Bibliographies

Note

• Cover title: Good liberals & great blue herons.
• Essays previously published in El Andar, Santa Cruz magazine, and the Anderson Valley Advertiser.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction / by Alexander Cockburn -- Preface: Putting Watsonville on the map -- Our Lady of the Live Oak.
• Labor. Adiós, west coast shorty -- THANKS, but no thanks -- THANKS for the memories, Richard -- The end of "Think Globally, Act Locally"? -- MLK's birthday: listen to the music.
• Land. The Franich Annexation -- Airport conversion: will it fly? -- Not enough water to wash their sins away -- Small time slumlord learned tricks of trade on city payroll -- Progress and poverty comes to Watsonville -- The post office wins a prize.
• Politics. Earthquake politics: from Mexico City to Watsón -- Where does the money go? -- Democracy and its enemies -- Hey Jaime, don't blame the kids -- It's a class thing -- Good liberals and great blue herons -- Autobiographical note.

ISBN

0964109409

OCLC

• 31383336
• SCSB-11809761

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library