The frontier of leisure : Southern California and the shaping of modern America /

"Southern California has long been promoted as the playground of the world, the home of resort-style living, backyard swimming pools, and year-round suntans. Tracing the history of Southern California from the late nineteenth century through the late twentieth century, The Frontier of Leisure r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Culver, Lawrence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Leisure > California, Southern > History.
Recreation > California, Southern > History.
Leisure > Southwest, New > History.
Recreation > Southwest, New > History.
Loisir > Californie (Sud) > Histoire.
Loisirs > Californie (Sud) > Histoire.
Loisir > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Loisirs > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Leisure.
Manners and customs.
Recreation.
California, Southern > History.
California, Southern > Social life and customs.
Southwest, New > Social life and customs.
Californie (Sud) > Histoire.
Californie (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Southern California.
New Southwest.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • INTRODUCTION: The View from Fantasyland to Main Street, U.S.A.; Chapter One: INVENTING THE FRONTIER OF LEISURE: Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Creation of the "Great Southwest"; Chapter Two: THE CITY OF LEISURE: The Contested History of Public Recreation in Los Angeles; Chapter Three: THE ISLAND OF LEISURE: Tourism and the Transformation of Santa Catalina Island, 1887-1919; Chapter Four: "IN ALL THE WORLD NO TRIP LIKE THIS": Santa Catalina in the Wrigley Era; Chapter Five: THE OASIS OF LEISURE: Palm Springs before 1941.

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