The amusement park : history, culture and the heritage of pleasure / / edited by Jason Wood |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Disciplina | 791.06/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WoodJason <1959-> |
Collana | Heritage, Culture and Identity |
Soggetto topico |
Amusement parks - History
Amusement parks - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-04512-2
1-315-61240-2 1-317-04513-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Development of the amusement park in Britain -- pt. II. International case histories -- pt. III. Cultural significance, revival and heritage protection. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162926603321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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Fairground attractions [[electronic resource] ] : a genealogy of the pleasure ground / / Deborah Philips |
Autore | Philips Deborah |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub., 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 791 |
Soggetto topico |
Amusement parks - History
Leisure - History |
ISBN |
1-84966-666-0
1-283-47917-6 9786613479174 1-84966-667-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 Pleasure Gardens, Great Exhibitions and Wonderlands: A Genealogy of the Carnival Site; Pleasure gardens; From stately home to theme park; Tivoli Gardens; The Exhibition and the Egyptian Hall; Great Exhibitions, Grands Expositions and World's Fairs; The pleasure resort: Blackpool and Coney Island; World's Fairs; Disneyland; Las Vegas; Heterotopias; 2 Illustrations and Innovations: The Metonymic Icons of the Carnival; Metonymic icons; From oral tradition to ballad sheet and chapbook; The Romantic imagination and popular publishing
Technologies and the reading publicShowmen and storytellers; Illustrated fictions; Children's fiction; Stage sets and toy theatres; Comic books and pulp fiction; Moving images; Disneyland television; The Disney version; 3 Mickey Mouse Chivalry: Chivalric Romance; 4 Fairy Tale Romance; 5 Monsters, Murders and Vampires: The Gothic Tradition; 6 The Riddles of the Sphinx: Egyptomania; 7 Boy's Own Stories: Explorer Heroes; 8 Treasure Islands and Blue Lagoons; 9 Future Imperfect: Science and Technology; 10 Constructing the Frontier: The Western; 11 Consuming the West: Main Street, USA; Notes BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597159403321 |
Philips Deborah
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London, : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Pub., 2012 | ||
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The global theme park industry / / Salvador Anton Clave |
Autore | Clave Salvador Anton |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.06/8 |
Soggetto topico | Amusement parks - History |
ISBN |
1-280-95301-2
9786610953011 1-84593-210-2 |
Classificazione | 83.67 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The social origins of the theme park concept -- Development and categorisation -- Globalization of the theme park industry -- A profile of major theme park operators -- Theme parks and the commercialisation of leisure -- The urbanism of theme parks and spatial innovation -- The impact of theme parks -- The development of theme park destinations -- Factors influencing the development process -- Basic principles of theme park planning -- The architectonical design of a theme park -- Management strategies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446342003321 |
Clave Salvador Anton
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Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2007 | ||
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