Scholar, author, and activist Tony Platt reviews the new narrative history by Miriam Pawel, "California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California." Pawel's narrow focus on five high-achieving alumni, argues Platt, elides both radical traditions and unethical practices that are inextricable from UC history.

Scholar, author, and activist Tony Platt reviews the new narrative history by Miriam Pawel, “California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California.” Pawel’s narrow focus on five high-achieving alumni, argues Platt, elides both radical traditions and unethical practices that are inextricable from UC history.

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