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California dreaming : boosterism, memory, and rural suburbs in the Golden State /
"At the turn of the 20th century, the California dream was a suburban ideal where life on the farm was exceptional. Agrarian virtue existed alongside good roads, social clubs, cultural institutions, and business commerce. The California suburban dream was the ultimate symbol of progress and mod...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Morgantown :
West Virginia University Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Rural studies series (Morgantown, W.V.) ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 MemoryChapter 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