The playful crowd : pleasure places in the twentieth century /

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Author / Creator: Cross, Gary S.
Other Authors / Creators:Walton, John K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: New York : Columbia University Press, [2005]
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Making the Popular Resort: Coney Island and Blackpool About 1900
  • 2. Industrial Saturnalia and the Playful Crowd
  • 3. The Crowd and its Critics
  • 4. Decline and Reinvention: Coney Island and Blackpool
  • 5. The Disney Challenge
  • 6. "Enrichment through Enjoyment": The Beamish Museum in a Theme Park Age
  • 7. The Crowd Transformed?
  • Notes
  • Index