Electric dreamland : amusement parks, movies, and American modernism
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Gorham Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.06 RABINOVITZ
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791.06 RABINOVITZ
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xiii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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General Note
Includes filmography.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.
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More than two thousand amusement parks dotted the American landscape in the early twentieth century, thrilling the general public with the latest in entertainment and motion picture technology. Amusement parks were the playgrounds of the working class, combining numerous, mechanically-based spectacles into one unique, modern cultural phenomenon. Lauren Rabinovitz describes the urban modernity engendered by these parks and their media, encouraging ordinary individuals to sense, interpret, and embody a burgeoning national identity. As industrialization, urbanization, and immigration upended society before World War I, amusement parks tempered the shocks of racial, ethnic, and cultural conflict while shrinking the distinctions between gender and class. As she follows the rise of American parks from 1896 to 1918, Rabinovitz seizes on a simultaneous increase in cinema and spectacle audiences and connects both to the success of leisure activities in stabilizing society.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rabinovitz, L. (2012). Electric dreamland: amusement parks, movies, and American modernism . Columbia University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rabinovitz, Lauren, 1950-. 2012. Electric Dreamland: Amusement Parks, Movies, and American Modernism. Columbia University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rabinovitz, Lauren, 1950-. Electric Dreamland: Amusement Parks, Movies, and American Modernism Columbia University Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rabinovitz, Lauren. Electric Dreamland: Amusement Parks, Movies, and American Modernism Columbia University Press, 2012.
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