Theme Park Landscapes: Antecedents and Variations
- ISBN-10
- 0884022854
- ISBN-13
- 9780884022855
- Category
- Amusement parks
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks
- Authors
- Terence G. Young, Terence Young, Robert B. Riley
Description
"Theme parks, their history and reception, are the topic of this collection of twelve essays. The notion of Disneyfication recurs, as some of the authors muse on the human need for artifice, both in general and at specific theme parks, including Stourhead and Kew Park in England, Cades Cove in the US, Huis Ten Bosch in The Netherlands, and folk vill" -- Publisher website.
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