Peter Schrag (1931–2026)

Written in 1978, a historical perspective of the roots of our health system, as well as mental health system/dsm manual. A perspective on how it came to be, its early reliance on useless drugs and stupid diagnoses. This was not a fun book to read, very dull, pedantic but an interesting source of hard to find information. Its a part of our history that seems to have been rewritten.

Waste of time analysis where with new Latino immigrants there must be a new public/private governmental partnership. Of course he means a partnership which must always be directed by the government as a despot. A waste of time, this book is.

Propaganda book on why America must use California as a test case for the rest of what America might be. California, America now knows, is headed toward total societal collapse a la Venezuela.

A look at both present-day immigration controversies in the United States as well as nineteenth-century restrictionist movements such as nativism, immigration restrictions, and eugenics from Sacramento Bee columnist and author of Paradise Lost and California, Peter Shrag.