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Rock Me on the Water

1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics

Ronald Brownstein

"Rock Me on the Water" takes readers on a journey through Los Angeles in 1974, a year that marked the city's creative peak and dominated popular culture more than ever before. Through film, music, television, and politics, author Ronald Brownstein explores how the city's transformative talents reflected the changing demographics, social issues, and cultural realities of America. A story of a massive younger generation intent on change, "Rock Me on the Water" is a fascinating cultural history that shows how popular culture was ahead of politics in predicting what America would become.
Publish Date
2021-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
2021-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.8
ISBN
9780062899217
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-03-27T05:06:05.000Z
.@RonBrownstein has written a truly terrific book! I moved to LA in Jan. 1974 when this story opens but it is about so much more than a city. It is insider scoops of pop culture leading us out of Nixon, as it will lead us out of Trump. I should be working but can’t stop reading.      source