Main entry:

Frantz, Douglas.

Title & Author:

Celebration, U.S.A. : living in Disney's brave new town / Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Henry Holt & Co., 1999.

Description:

342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"A Marian Wood book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Cult of the Mouse 13 -- 2. Back to the Future 37 -- 3. Citizen Disney 69 -- 4. Town & Country Marriages 82 -- 5. Great Expectations 102 -- 6. School Daze 124 -- 7. The Zeus Box 147 -- 8. Scorpions and Other Neighbors 170 -- 9. Looking for Mayberry 193 -- 10. Visitation Rites 208 -- 11. Swamp Song 226 -- 12. Bowling Together 245 -- 13. An Epiphany 271 -- 14. Civil Wars 287 -- 15. Truman Didn't Sleep Here 307.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"When the Walt Disney Company unveiled its plans to build the town of the future, a model for environmentally sound, community-supportive urban development, it generated enormous interest around the country and the world." "Among the early residents were New York Times reporter Doug Frantz and his wife, Cathy Collins. Along with their two school-age children, they moved into the community shortly after the very first wave of people had arrived. Openly acknowledging that they were there to report on the town, they would spend the next two years as both observers and participants." "This is an interim report. The town is evolving, and it will be years before we know if or how it succeeds. But what Celebration, U.S.A. reveals is how a new town begins to develop real community structures and just how much social engineering can be done through bricks and mortar. Perhaps most important, it reveals how deeply unhappy millions of Americans are living in their isolated suburban, car-dependent world."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0805055606 (alk. paper)
9780805055603 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Walt Disney Enterprises.
Walt Disney Company
City and town life Florida Celebration.
City planning Florida Celebration.
Vie urbaine Floride Celebration.
City and town life.
City planning.
Social conditions
New towns Florida Celebration.
Celebration (Fla.) Social conditions.
Celebration (Fla.)
Florida Celebration.
Celebration (Fla.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Added entries:

Collins, Catherine.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207250
Call No.: HT169.57.U62 C4 1999
Status: Available