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Author:

Early, Steve, author.

Title:

Refinery town : big oil, big money, and the remaking of an American city / Steve Early ; foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 222 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Richmond (Calif.)--Politics and government--21st century.
Municipal government--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Business and politics--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Company towns--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Petroleum industry and trade--History.--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Community development--Richmond--Richmond--History.
Business and politics.
Community development.
Company towns.
Municipal government.
Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.
Politics and government.
California--Richmond.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
2000-2099
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction: from company town to progressive city -- A refiner's fire -- The greening of city hall -- Richmond's community policeman -- Tuesday night cage fights -- An election not for sale -- Celebrating our differences? -- Gentrification and its discontents -- Epilogue: making local progress.

ISBN:

0807094269
9780807094266

OCLC:

(OCoLC)948087421

LCCN:

2016021632

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)