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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787144703321

Autore

Sandul Paul J. P.

Titolo

California dreaming : boosterism, memory, and rural suburbs in the Golden State / / Paul J. P. Sandul ; cover design by Kelley Galbreath ; book designer by Kelley Galbreath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Morgantown, [West Virginia] : , : West Virginia University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-938228-87-1

1-938228-88-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Rural Studies Series

Disciplina

307.7409794

Soggetti

Suburbs - California - History

City promotion - California - History

Suburban life - California - History

Country life - California - History

Wildland-urban interface - California - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Bourgeois Horticulturists in an Agricultural Wonderland""; ""Part One: California Dreaming""; ""The Market Revolution and Romanticism""; ""Chapter One: The Suburban Ideal""; ""Boosterism""; ""Chapter Two: The California Dream""; ""Part Two: Harvesting Suburbs ""; ""Suburban Definitions, Archetypes, and Limitations""; ""Chapter Three: The Model Colony of Ontario as the Model Agriburb""; ""Chapter Four: The Agriburbs of Sacramento""; ""Welcome to the Growth Machine""; ""Chapter Five: The Boosters""; ""Part Three: Cultivating Memory ""

""Coming to Terms with Memory""""Chapter Six: The Ongoing Legacies of Boosterism""; ""Chapter Seven: Collected Memory and the Continued Legacies of Boosterism""; ""Conclusion: Harvesting Suburbs, Cultivating Memory""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""