The Playful Crowd : Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century / John Walton, Gary Cross
2005, First Edition. New York, NY : Columbia University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall. Item #456775
ISBN: 0231127243
Physical description; 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Frontmatter -- 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. Subjects; Amusement parks Social aspects England History 20th century. Amusement parks Social aspects United States History 20th century. Blackpool (England) Social life and customs. Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs. Disneyland (Calif.). Beamish Museum.
Price: €18.95