The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Town - Rilegato

Ross, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0345417518 ISBN 13: 9780345417510

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 1999

Riassunto

A Manhattan resident and columnist offers his compelling account of Disney's "model" community in the swamps of Central Florida, uncovering sub-standard construction and bitter controversy over the school system, among other threats to the town's pristine image.

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Recensione:

"Our first astronaut-in-residence on Planet Disney returns with astonishing tales of its strange life-forms and customs. As an explorer of brave new worlds, Ross is a shrewd cross between Jonathan Swift and C. Wright Mills."
--MIKE DAVIS
   Bestselling author of Ecology of Fear and City of Quartz

L'autore:

Andrew Ross is professor and director of the American studies program at New York University. A writer for Artforum, The Nation, The Village Voice, and many other publications, he is the author or editor of ten previous books, including Real Love, The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life, Strange Weather, and No Respect.

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• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0345417518
• ISBN 13: 9780345417510
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 340