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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.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HT384.U52 A174 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 394 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Urban regions > History
- Urbanisatie
- Agglomérations urbaines > États-Unis (Ouest)
- Urbanization > West (U.S.)
- Stedelijke ontwikkeling
- City planning > West (U.S.)
- Urbanisation > États-Unis (Ouest)
- Culturele aspecten
- United States
- Urbanisme > États-Unis (Ouest)
- Metropolitan areas > West (U.S.)
- Ruimtelijke ordening
- 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