Rise of the Spectacular: America in the 1950s

ISBN-13: 9780367902803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 184 str.

John Hannigan

Opis

In this prequel to Fantasy City (1998) sociologist John Hannigan travels back in time to the 1950s. Unfairly stereotyped as ‘the tranquillized decade’, America at mid-century hosted an escalating proliferation and conjunction of ‘spectacular’ events, spaces, and technologies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Re-imagining the 1950s  1. On the Road: Safe Adventures in 1950s America  2. "The Biggest Rolodex in Hollywood": Walt Disney at Mid-Century  PART 1: CALIFORNIA CALLING  3. Desert Spectacular  4. The Name of the Rose  5. It Happened in Squaw Valley  PART 2: PHOTOGRAPHING THE SPECTACULAR  6. The Most Photographed Place in America  7. Marine Marvels  PART 3: SPUTNIK, SCIENCE AND THE SPECTACULAR  8. Seattle Invents the Future  9. Chemistry Sets, Planetariums and Science Fairs  10. Interrogating the Spectacular

O autorze

John Hannigan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto where he teaches courses in urban sociology, cultural policies and environment and society. He is the author of four books: Environmental Sociology (1995, 2006, 2014), Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern City (1998), Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disaster (2012), and The Geopolitics of Deep Oceans (2016). Dr Hannigan is a frequent contributor to media discussions of culture and urban development, having appeared among others in/on National Public Radio (US), The Independent (UK) and the Globe & Mail (Canada).