• Media type: Book
  • Title: Electric dreamland : amusement parks, movies, and American modernity
  • Contains: Introduction: artificial distractions -- Urban wonderlands: the "cracked mirror" of turn-of-the-century amusement parks -- Thrill ride cinema: Hale's tours and scenes of the world -- The miniature and the giant: postcards and early cinema -- Coney Island comedies: slapstick at the amusement park and the movies -- Conclusion: the fusion of movies and amusement parks -- Appendix: directory of amusement parks in the United States prior to 1915.
  • Contributor: Rabinovitz, Lauren [Author]
  • imprint: New York, N.Y. [u.a.]: Columbia University Press, 2012
  • Published in: Film and culture series
  • Extent: XIII, 237 S.; Ill
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780231156608; 9780231156615; 023115660X; 0231156618
  • RVK notation: NK 5260 : Kanada
  • Keywords: USA > Freizeitpark > Kino > Ethnische Beziehungen > Geschlechterverhältnis > Soziale Funktion > Geschichte 1896-1916
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Item ID: 33743429
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