{"product_id":"california-dreams-miriam-pawel-9781639732739","title":"California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winner Miriam Pawel's epic history of the world's largest higher educational institution, the University of California, its sweeping social impact, and what it can teach us in a time of crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet apart by its founding mission to be an engine of upward mobility, the University of California system-constitutionally independent, a public trust-is a great American experiment that has endured through fraught battles over access, funding, and leadership and the looming crisis in education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The University has been at the nexus of nearly every public policy decision and social movement in the Golden State since the Civil War, from affirmative action to immigration to student protests. \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Dreams \u003c\/i\u003enarrates the UC's rise and resilience through the lens of those whose lives it has transformed-in particular, five pioneering graduates whose diverse paths underscore why, though imperfectly so, the UC remains, in the words of Berkeley graduate Joan Didion, \"California's best idea of itself.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At a time of staggering inequality and uncertainty, as higher education faces unprecedented threats, that role has never been more crucial-or more difficult. \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eweaves the history of the inexorably linked school and state in all its drama, significance, and humanity, providing a clear-eyed analysis of the University's roots with an incisive lesson, and a glimmer of hope, for our future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Pawel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 163973273X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639732739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Miriam Pawel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48174830584063,"sku":"9781639732739","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87f28ccf-3a58-4fc6-9158-be44eeaa3df8.jpg?v=1771330813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/california-dreams-miriam-pawel-9781639732739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}