Rise of the spectacular : America in the 1950s /

In this prequel to Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis (1998), his acclaimed book about the post-industrial city as a site of theming, branding and simulated spaces, sociologist John Hannigan travels back in time to the 1950s. Unfairly stereotyped as 'the tranquillize...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hannigan, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2021.
Subjects:	United States > Civilization > 1945- United States > History > 1945-1953. United States > History > 1953-1961. Spectacular, The.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Re-imagining the 1950s
On the road : safe adventures in 1950s America
"The biggest Rolodex in Hollywood" : Walt Disney at mid-century
Desert spectacular
The name of the rose
It happened in Squaw Valley
The most photographed place in America
Marine marvels
Seattle invents the future
Chemistry sets, planetariums and science fairs
Interrogating the spectacular.