The Amusement Park. History, culture and the heritage of pleasure
Details:
- Author(s) Wood, Jason (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2017
- Pages 297pp; illus
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Buildings: building types
- Name Comparative international studies
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Collected essays by scholars from varying disciples dealing with wide ranging aspects re concept, development, heritage, etc. Relates to the international experience but with a great deal about the UK sector. Arranged in three parts: 1] 'Fair grounds for debate - celebrating the heritage of amusement parks'; 2] 'International case histories'; 3] 'Cultural significance, revival and heritage protection'. Relevant essays include: 'Development of the amusement park in Britain'; 'Mechanical pleasures - the appeal of British amusement parks, 1900-14'; 'From Battersea to Alton Towers - in search of the great British theme park'; 'Last night of the fair - heritage, resort identity and the closure of Southport's Pleasureland'; 'Delivering the dream - saving Britain's amusement park heritage and the reawakening of Margate's Dreamland'; 'The designation of amusement parks and fairground rides in England'