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Magic lands : western cityscapes and American culture after 1940

Title
Magic lands : western cityscapes and American culture after 1940 / John M. Findlay.
Author
Findlay, John M., 1955-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, [1992], ©1992.
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  • Publisher description

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Description
xiv, 394 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Subject
  • Urbanization > West (U.S.)
  • Metropolitan areas > West (U.S.)
  • City planning > West (U.S.)
  • Urbanisatie
  • Ruimtelijke ordening
  • Stedelijke ontwikkeling
  • Culturele aspecten
  • Urbanisation > États-Unis (Ouest)
  • Agglomérations urbaines > États-Unis (Ouest)
  • Urbanisme > États-Unis (Ouest)
  • History
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-375) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0520077032 (alk. paper)
  • 9780520077034 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 91034779
  • 99932403715
OCLC
24589758
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries