Title Electric dreamland : amusement parks, movies, and American modernism / Lauren Rabinovitz.

Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Film and culture
	Film and culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
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Subject	Amusement parks -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Amusement parks.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Manners and customs.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Rabinovitz, Lauren, 1950- Electric dreamland. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2012011284
ISBN	9780231527217 (electronic book)
	0231527217 (electronic book)
	9780231156608 (cloth alkaline paper)
	9780231156615 (paperback alkaline paper)