Book
Rock me on the water : 1974 : the year Los Angeles transformed movies, music, television, and politics
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2021]
Physical Description
439 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
Contents
- Prologue: magic hour in Los Angeles
- January: Hollywood's fall and rise
- February: the republic of rock and roll
- March: the greatest night in television history
- April: already gone
- May: the ballad of Tom and Jane
- June: from Chinatown to Jerry Brown
- July: Hollywood's generational tipping point
- August: the Icarus of Los Angeles
- September: three roads to revolution
- October: the (white) boys' club
- November: breakthrough
- December: transitions.
Subjects
- Popular culture > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
- Nineteen seventy-four, A.D.
- Nineteen seventies.
- Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
- Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
- Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) > Biography.
- Los Angeles (Calif) > Social conditions > 20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
- United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.