A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks
Middle Class Kingdoms
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Introduction: The Cultural Relevance of Disneyland
Part I: The American Disney Theme Parks
An Orange Grove in Anaheim: The Original Disneyland (1955)
Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom (1971) and the Age of Fracture
Part II: The International Disney Theme Parks
‘Is There Really a Disneyland in America?’ – The Unique Case of Tokyo Disneyland (1983)
A ‘Cultural Chernobyl?’ – EuroDisney (1992) and the Theme Park Public
Hong Kong Disneyland (2005): A Site of Local Pride and Conflict
‘Authentically Disney, Distinctly Chinese’ – Shanghai Disneyland (2016)
Middle Class Kingdoms: Then, Now, and Forever?
Bibliography
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