Magic lands : western cityscapes and American culture after 1940 /
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| Author / Creator: | Findlay, John M., 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xiv, 394 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1375635 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Explosive Metropolis: Urbanization in the Far West After 1940. Growth and Its Discontents. People and Cities in Motion. Cities out of Control. Chaos, Community, and Culture in the Urban West
- 2. Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth. The Urbanization of Disneyland. A Controlled Western Environment. To Soothe and to Sell: Managing Customers at Disneyland. Disneyland in the Customer's Mind. Disneyland and Southern California. A Disney World
- 3. Stanford Industrial Park: Downtown for Silicon Valley. The Origins of the Park. A Suburban Campus for Industry. From "Garden of the World" to Silicon Valley. Urban Order in Silicon Valley
- 4. Sun City, Arizona: New Town for Old Folks. Retirement in Postwar America. Packaging Paradise: The Beginning of Sun City. From Retirement Community to Resort Town. The Retirees' Community Becomes a Hometown. Growing Together: Sun City and Phoenix
- 5. The Seattle World's Fair of 1962: Downtown and Suburbs in the Space Age. The Downtown Origins of the Fair. An American Temple of Science. Suburbia at Century 21. The Future According to 1962. Century 21's Legacy to Seattle
- 6. Western Cityscapes and American Culture. The Urban West as a Chosen Land. Constructing Meaning in the Western Metropolis. Building a Legible City. A Sense of Place.