Introduction: Mediated immediacy : living in the now -- Of swingers and organization men : loose modernities -- Experts unbound : intimate professionals and the value of lifestyle -- Book as tool : lifestyle print culture and the West Coast publishing boom -- Being one : from knowledge to...

Forting up -- The search for community -- Gates to paradise : lifestyle communities -- I have a dream : the prestige communities -- Enclaves of fear : security zone communities -- You can run, but you can't hide -- Not-so-brave world -- Building better communities