The Amusement Park: History, Culture and the Heritage of Pleasure
- ISBN-10
- 0367022702
- ISBN-13
- 9780367022709
- Series
- The Amusement Park
- Category
- Amusement parks
- Pages
- 282
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10-19
- Publisher
- Heritage, Culture and Identity
- Author
- Jason Wood
Description
Introduction 1 Fair grounds for debate: Celebrating the heritage of amusement parks JASON WOOD PART I Development of the amusement park in Britain 2 Mechanical pleasures: The appeal of British amusement parks, 1900-1914 JOSEPHINE KANE 3 From Battersea to Alton Towers: In search of the Great British theme park IAN TROWELL PART II International case histories 4 The heritage of public space: Bondi Beach, Luna Park and the politics of amusement in Sydney CAROLINE FORD 5 The Turkish amusement park: Modernity, identity and cultural change in the early republic JASON WOOD AND B. NILGÜN ÖZ 6 Knott's Berry Farm: The improbable amusement park in the shadow of Disneyland GARY CROSS 7 The dilemma of the crowd: Atlantic City's Steel Pier, George Hamid, and leisure and urban space in post-civil rights America BRYANT SIMON 8 The Parque de Atracciones de Vizcaya, Artxanda, Bilbao: Provincial identity, paternalistic optimism and economic collapse, 1972-1990 JOHN K. WALTON PART III Cultural significance, revival and heritage protection 9 Last night of the fair: Heritage, resort identity and the closure of Southport's Pleasureland ANYA CHAPMAN AND DUNCAN LIGHT 10 Delivering the dream: Saving Britain's amusement park heritage and the reawakening of Margate's Dreamland NICK LAISTER 11 Designing the past: Implications of a new vision for Dreamland ELEANOR MCGRATH 12 The designation of amusement parks and fairground rides in England ALLAN BRODIE AND ROGER BOWDLER
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