| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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, cultural historian Woody Register tells the remarkable story of Thompson and examines the transformation of commerce and entertainment as American society moved into an era of mass marketing and large-scale corporate enterprise. Register shows how Thompson got his start as a creator and promoter of carnival |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-387) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Thompson, Fred, 1873-1919.
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| SUBJECT |
Thompson, Fred, 1873-1919. fast (OCoLC)fst00463515 |
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Amusement park owners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Amusement park owners.
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New York (State) -- New York.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195349283 |
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0195349288 |
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