California dreaming : boosterism, memory, and rural suburbs in the Golden State

Acknowledgments . . ix
Introduction: Bourgeois Horticulturists in an Agricultural Wonderland . . 1

PART ONE - CALIFORNIA DREAMING . . 19
 The Market Revolution and Romanticism . . 20
CHAPTER ONE: The Suburban Ideal . . 25
 Boosterism . . 34
CHAPTER TWO: The California Dream . . 38

PART TWO - HARVESTING SUBURBS . . 60
 Suburban Definitions, Archetypes, and Limitations . . 62
CHAPTER THREE: The Model Colony of Ontario as the Model Agriburb . . 66
CHAPTER FOUR: The Agriburbs of Sacramento . . 87
 Welcome to the Growth Machine . . 112
CHAPTER FIVE: The Boosters . . 117

PART THREE - CULTIVATING MEMORY . . 149
 Coming to Terms with Memory . . 152
CHAPTER SIX: The Ongoing Legacies of Boosterism . . 157
CHAPTER SEVEN: Collected Memory and the Continued Legacies of Boosterism . . 182
CONCLUSION: Harvesting Suburbs, Cultivating Memory . . 208

Notes . . 221
Selected Bibliography . . 275
Index . . 301
About the Author . . 306