| Description |
1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Rural studies series ; volume two |
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Rural studies series (Morgantown, W.V.) ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 modernity. California Dreaming: Boosterism, Memory, and Rural Suburbs in the Golden State analyzes the growth, promotion, and agricultural colonization that fed this dream during the early 1900s. Through this analysis, Paul J.P. Sandul introduces a newly identified rural-suburban type: the agriburb, a rural suburb deliberately planned, developed, and promoted for profit. Sandul reconceptualizes California's growth during this time period, establishing the agriburb as a suburban phenomenon that occurred long before the booms of the 1920s and 1950s"--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Suburbs -- California -- History
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City promotion -- California -- History
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Suburban life -- California -- History
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Country life -- California -- History
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Wildland-urban interface -- California -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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City promotion -- History. -- California.
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Country life -- History. -- California.
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Suburban life -- History. -- California.
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Suburbs -- History. -- California.
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Wildland-urban interface -- History. -- California.
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City promotion
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Country life
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Suburban life
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Suburbs
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Wildland-urban interface
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California
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014025847 |
| ISBN |
9781938228889 |
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193822888X |
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