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

Introduction: the view from fantasyland to main street, U.S.A. --

Inventing the frontier of leisure: Charles Fletcher Lummis and the creation of the "Great Southwest" --

The city of leisure: the contested history of public recreation in Los Angeles --

The island of leisure: tourism and the transformation of Santa Catalina Island, 1887-1919 --

"In all the world no trip like this": Santa Catalina in the Wrigley Era --

The oasis of leisure: Palm Springs before 1941 --

Making the desert modern: Palm Springs after World War II --

From resorts to the ranch house: Southern California's culture of leisure and the making of the suburban sunbelt --

Epilogue: the view from Mount San Jacinto.