Main entry:

Hannigan, John.

Title & Author:

Fantasy city : pleasure and profit in the postmodern metropolis / John Hannigan.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Description:

xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-225) and indexes.
At prices all can afford, the golden age of popular urban entertainment in America -- Don't go out tonight : suburbanization, crime and th decline of sociability -- Cities are fun : entertainment returns to the city center -- Sanitized razzmatazz : technology, similated experience and the culture of consumption -- Shopertainment, eatertainment, edutainment : synergies and syntheses in the themed environment -- The weenie and the genie : the business of developing Fantasy City -- Calling the shots : public-private partnerships in Fantasy City -- Gambling on fantasy : Las Vegas, casinos and urban entertainment -- Land of the rising fun : themed entertainment comes to the Asia-Pacific Rim -- Saved by a mouse? Urban entertainment and the future of cities.

Summary:

Using examples from a wide variety of venues, the author of this book traces the rise of urban entertainment at the beginning of this century, to its decline after World War II and to its renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415150973 (hb)
9780415150972 (hb)
0415150981 (pbk.)
9780415150989 (pbk.)
9780203984628
0203984625

Subject:

Cities and towns United States.
City and town life United States.
Sociology, Urban United States.
Urban renewal Social aspects United States.
Urban tourism Social aspects United States.
Entertainment districts Social aspects United States.
Urban amusement parks Social aspects United States.
Urban entertainment facilities Social aspects United States.
Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns.
Cities
Villes États-Unis.
Vie urbaine États-Unis.
Sociologie urbaine États-Unis.
Spectacles et divertissements États-Unis.
Rénovation urbaine Aspect social États-Unis.
Tourisme urbain Aspect social États-Unis.
Sociologie urbaine.
Villes.
urban sociology.
cities.
Urban renewal Social aspects
City and town life
Großstadt
Postmoderne
Profit
Stadt
Stadtleben
Unterhaltung
Vergnügen
Metropole
Stadtsoziologie
Stadscultuur.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Consumptiemaatschappij.
Unterhaltungsindustrie.
United States
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205812
Call No.: HT123 .H3 1998
Status: Available