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The kid of Coney Island : Fred Thompson and the rise of American amusements /

A generation before Walt Disney, Fred Thompson was the "boy-wonder" of American popular amusements. At the turn of the 20th century, Thompson's entrepreneurial drive made him into an entertainment mogul who helped to define the popular culture of his day. In this lively biography, cul...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Register, Woody, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ONE: Uncle Sam's a Boy at Play; TWO: The Moon for a Plaything: Fred Thompson's Apprenticeship in Play, 1873-1901; THREE: Life Is Only a Mery-Go-Round: Luna Park, 1903-13; FOUR: New York's Gigantic Toy: The Hippodrome, 1902-6; FIVE: Millionaires and Monsters: Melodramas of Consumption, 1906-12; SIX: We're Playing Games: The Toylands of Peter Pan Culture, 1912-30; SEVEN: A Kindergarten Preacher in Toys; Notes; Index. 
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